Kumbhini
Indian Classical Raga
kumbhini is a Carnatic raga name used for the melakarta pAvani; karnatik lists the same melakarta under the heading 'pAvani (kumbhini)'. It is not a janya raga and has no parent.
Scale
ArohanamS R1 G1 M2 P D2 N3 S
AvarohanamS N3 D2 P M2 G1 R1 S
Alternate
S G1 R1 G1 M2 P N3 D2 N3 S - S N3 P M2 G1 R1 S1Dikshitar school
How it moves
Characteristic phrases1
- S G1 R1 G1 M2
- S R1 G1 R1 S
Graha swaraS1
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Close relatives
Ragas whose scale differs from Kumbhini's by a note or two.
- Pavani
the same notes, moving differently
- Amritaraksani
uses D1 instead of D2
- Anandabhogi
uses D3 instead of D2
- Anangadhari
uses D1 instead of D2
- Asangadhari
uses D1 instead of D2
- Candrajyoti
leaves out N3
Character
- Time
- Any time1in the Dikshitar school
References
- 1.Subbarama Dikshitar, Sangita Sampradaya Pradarshini (1904). English web edition by P. P. Narayanaswami, Vidya Jayaraman et al., 2008., Vol. 3, p. 1031 (Dikshitar school)