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Manirangu

Indian Classical Raga

Manirangu is an upanga janya raga of the 22nd melakarta Kharaharapriya. It is audava in ascent and shadava in descent, with sadharana gandharam (G2) appearing only in the descending phrases. It portrays vira, karuna and sringara rasas.

Scale

ArohanamS R2 M1 P N2 S
AvarohanamS N2 P M1 G2 R2 S
Alternate
R2 M1 M1 P N2 S - S N2 P M1 G2 R2 S1Dikshitar school
↑SR1R2G2G3M1M2PD1D2N2N3S'↓SR1R2G2G3M1M2PD1D2N2N3S'

Śloka2

maṇiraṅgussagrahāttaṣṣāḍavāoyaṃ dhavarjitaḥ | gavarjitassyādārōhē sarvakālēṣu gīyatē ∥
Vēṅkaṭamakhi’s śloka
Tradition
Carnatic
Mela
22
Parent Raga
Kharaharapriya
Type
Shadava1

How it moves

Characteristic phrases1

  • R2 M1 M1 · Ranjaka phrase
  • P M1 M1 · Ranjaka phrase
  • P N2 N2 · Ranjaka phrase
  • N2 N2 N2 · Ranjaka phrase
  • N2 S' N2 · Ranjaka phrase
  • P P M1 · Ranjaka phrase
  • P M1 G2 R2 R2 R2 R2 · Ranjaka phrase
  • P N2 N2 N2 S' N2 P M1 G2 R2 R2 R2 · Ranjaka phrase
Show 5 more phrases
  • P M1 G2 G2 R2 R2 · Ranjaka phrase
  • N2. S R2 R2 · Ranjaka phrase
  • P. R2 R2 · Ranjaka phrase
  • P. P. R2 R2 · Ranjaka phrase
  • P M1 G2 R2 R2 S · Ranjaka phrase
Jiva swarasM11
Graha swaraS1

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Compositions in Manirangu raga

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an2uvAvi malai mEvum
Tamil
Adi

Composer: Kovai Subri

bhaNDAsura
Kannada
rUpaka

Composer: H.N. Muttayyah Bhaagavatar

bhuvan2Eshvari pugal
Tamil

Composer: Paapanaasam Shivan

brahma tEja (ma~NgaLa shlOka)
Sanskrit

Composer: BaalamuraLi Krishna

eNNiDum pOdE
Tamil
Adi

Composer: Periyasaami Tooran

haladharAnujam prAptum vayam
Sanskrit
Adi

Composer: OotukkaaDu VenkaTasubbaiyyar

Close relatives

Ragas whose scale differs from Manirangu's by a note or two.

Janya ragas of Kharaharapriya

Other ragas derived from the same parent melakarta (mela 22)

Abheri

S G2 M1 P N2 S

S N2 D2 P M1 G2 R2 S

Abhogi

S R2 G2 M1 D2 S

S D2 M1 G2 R2 S

Adi Kapi

S R2 M1 G2 M1 P D2 N2 S

S N2 D2 P M1 G2 R2 S

Agnikopa

S G2 M1 P N2 S

S N2 P M1 G2 R2 S

Character

Time
Any time1in the Dikshitar school

References

  1. 1.Subbarama Dikshitar, Sangita Sampradaya Pradarshini (1904). English web edition by P. P. Narayanaswami, Vidya Jayaraman et al., 2008., Vol. 1, p. 474 (Dikshitar school)
  2. 2.Subbarama Dikshitar, Sangita Sampradaya Pradarshini (1904). English web edition by P. P. Narayanaswami, Vidya Jayaraman et al., 2008., Vol. 1, p. 473