Kumudakriya
Indian Classical Raga
kumudakriyA is a janya raga of the melakarta kAmavardhani. Its arohanam is S R1 G3 M2 D1 S and its avarohanam is S N3 D1 M2 G3 R1 S. Muttuswami Dikshitar composed the kriti ardhanArIshvaram in this raga.
Scale
ArohanamS R1 G3 M2 D1 S
AvarohanamS N3 D1 M2 G3 R1 S
Alternate
S R1 G3 M2 D1 D1 S - S N3 D1 M2 G3 R1 S1Dikshitar school
How it moves
Graha swaraS1
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Close relatives
Ragas whose scale differs from Kumudakriya's by a note or two.
- Bhogavasanta
adds N3 going up
- Anamayan
uses M1 instead of M2; adds N3 going up
- Avilaksana
leaves out G3; adds N3 going up
- Bauli
leaves out M2; adds P
- Bovli
leaves out M2; adds P
- Dharmini
adds N1 going up; uses N1 instead of N3 coming down
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. 1095 (Dikshitar school)