Nabhomani
Indian Classical Raga
nabhOmaNi is a Carnatic raga; it is the Dikshitar (asampUrNa-mEla) name for the 40th melakarta raga navanItam. The raga is sampUrNa, using all seven notes in ascent and descent.
Scale
ArohanamS R1 G1 M2 P D2 N2 S
AvarohanamS N2 D2 P M2 G1 R1 S
Alternate
S G1 R1 M2 P D2 P N2 S - S N2 D2 P M2 G1 R1 S1Dikshitar school
Śloka2
nabhōmaṇī ca sampūrṇā ārōhē ridhavakritā |How it moves
Characteristic phrases1
- P D2 P N2 S'
- P N2 D2 N2 S'
Graha swaraS1
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Close relatives
Ragas whose scale differs from Nabhomani's by a note or two.
- Navanitam
the same notes, moving differently
- Candrajyoti
leaves out N2
- Jalarnava
uses D1 instead of D2
- Kumbhini
uses N3 instead of N2
- Pavani
uses N3 instead of N2
- Ramamanohari
uses G3 instead of G1
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. 1025 (Dikshitar school)
- 2.Subbarama Dikshitar, Sangita Sampradaya Pradarshini (1904). English web edition by P. P. Narayanaswami, Vidya Jayaraman et al., 2008., Vol. 3, p. 1025