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Purnapancama

Indian Classical Raga

Purnapancamam is a janya raga of the 15th melakarta Mayamalavagowla per karnatik. Its primary scale has six notes in ascent and descent, S R1 G3 M1 P D1 S and S D1 P M1 G3 R1 S. karnatik also records variant scales under the 16th and 41st melakartas, while Wikipedia's list of janya ragas places the raga under the 16th melakarta Chakravakam with a vakra scale.

Scale

ArohanamS R1 G3 M1 P D1 S
AvarohanamS D1 P M1 G3 R1 S
↑SR1R2G2G3M1M2PD1D2N2N3S'↓SR1R2G2G3M1M2PD1D2N2N3S'
Tradition
Carnatic
Mela
15
Parent Raga
Mayamalavagaula

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