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Punnagavarali

Indian Classical Raga

Punnagavarali is a janya raga of the 8th melakarta Hanumatodi in Carnatic music. It is a nishadantya raga, starting and ending on nishadam within a single octave, and is usually rendered in madhyama sruti. Its rasa is predominantly karuna (compassion and pathos), and it is traditionally associated with night. In Tamil wedding tradition, a piece called the Odam, played at the muhurtam, is often set in this raga, and it is linked in folklore to snake charmers' tunes.

Scale

ArohanamN2 , S R1 G2 M1 P D1 N2
AvarohanamN2 D1 P M1 G2 R1 S N2 ,
Alternate
N2 S R1 G2 M1 P D1 - D1 P M1 G2 R1 S N21Dikshitar school
Borrowed noteR22
↑SR1R2G2G3M1M2PD1D2N2N3S'↓SR1R2G2G3M1M2PD1D2N2N3S'
Dashed: borrowed from outside the parent scale (R2).

Śloka3

mandra ṣadja nishādōrdhva dhaivatānta pramāṇakaṃ | syāt punnāgavarāḷistu sagrahā sārvakālikā ∥
Vēṅkaṭamakhi’s śloka
Tradition
Carnatic
Mela
8
Parent Raga
Hanumatodi
Type
Bhashanga, Sampurna1

How it moves

Characteristic phrases2

  • G2 R2 G2 M1 · Borrowed-note phrase
Graha swaraS1

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Compositions in Punnagavarali raga

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amma enna
Kannada
cApu

Composer: Purandara Daasar

an2buLLa rAdhA
Tamil
Adi

Composer: Suddhaananda Bhaarati

bArO namma
Kannada
Adi

Composer: Purandara Daasar

bhaarata dEsham
Tamil
Adi

Composer: Subramanya Bhaaratiyaar

bhAvayE shrI gOpAlam
Sanskrit
cApu

Composer: Swaati TirunaaL

brOva samayamidE
Telugu
Adi

Composer: Shyaamaa Shaastree

Close relatives

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

Janya ragas of Hanumathodi

Other ragas derived from the same parent melakarta (mela 8)

Adbhodam

S G2 M1 D1 N2 S

S N2 D1 M1 G2 S

Adumnayakan

S R1 G2 M1 P D1 N2 S

S D1 P M1 G2 R1 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. 77 (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. 78 (Dikshitar school)
  3. 3.Subbarama Dikshitar, Sangita Sampradaya Pradarshini (1904). English web edition by P. P. Narayanaswami, Vidya Jayaraman et al., 2008., Vol. 1, p. 77