Nagabharanam
Indian Classical Raga
Nagabharanam is the name of the 30th melakarta raga in the Muthuswami Dikshitar (asampurna mela) school; the same raga is called Naganandini in the modern 72-melakarta system. It is a sampurna raga with all seven notes in ascent and descent. Compositions in this raga include Muthuswami Dikshitar's Nagabharanam and Tyagaraja's Sattaleni Dinamu.
Scale
Śloka2
nāgābharaṇarāgassyāt ārōhē vakradhaivataḥ |
avarōhē dhavarjyassyāt sagrahassārvakālikaḥ ∥How it moves
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Close relatives
Ragas whose scale differs from Nagabharanam's by a note or two.
- Naganandini
the same notes, moving differently
- Samanta
the same notes, moving differently
- Calanattai
uses R3 instead of R2
- Calanata
uses R3 instead of R2
- Citrambari
uses M2 instead of M1
- Curnikavinodhini
uses M2 instead of M1
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. 2, p. 944 (Dikshitar school)
- 2.Subbarama Dikshitar, Sangita Sampradaya Pradarshini (1904). English web edition by P. P. Narayanaswami, Vidya Jayaraman et al., 2008., Vol. 2, p. 944