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Purvagaula

Indian Classical Raga

Purvagowla is a janya raga of the 29th melakarta Shankarabharanam. Its ascent is vakra, S G3 R2 G3 S R2 M1 P D2 N3 S, and its descent is sampurna, S N3 D2 P M1 G3 R2 S. Muthuswamy Dikshitar's kriti Nilotpalambikayam (nIlOtpalAmbikAyAm bhaktim) is set in this raga.

Scale

ArohanamS G3 R2 G3 S R2 M1 P D2 N3 S
AvarohanamS N3 D2 P M1 G3 R2 S
Alternate
S G3 R2 G3 S S R2 M1 P D2 N3 S - S N3 D2 P M1 G3 R2 S1Dikshitar school
↑SR1R2G2G3M1M2PD1D2N2N3S'↓SR1R2G2G3M1M2PD1D2N2N3S'

Śloka2

pūrvagauḷastu ārōhē gavarjyassārvakālikaḥ |
Vēṅkaṭamakhi’s śloka
Tradition
Carnatic
Mela
29
Parent Raga
Sankarabharana
Type
Sampurna1

How it moves

Characteristic phrases1

  • S D2. S · Characteristic phrase
  • R2 S R2 D2 P M1 G3 R2 · Characteristic phrase
  • M1 G3 M1 R2 G3 S · Characteristic phrase
  • S' D2 P M1 D2 N3 S' · Characteristic phrase
  • S' D2 P M1 D2 D2 N3 S' · Characteristic phrase
  • S P M1 G3 R2 S · Characteristic phrase
  • S M1 G3 M1 M1 · Characteristic phrase
  • S R2 S R2 M1 G3 R2 G3 S R2 S D2. S · Characteristic phrase
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  • N3. D2. P. M1. D2. N3. S · Characteristic phrase
Graha swaraN31

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Compositions in Purvagaula raga

nIlOtpalAmbikAyAm
Sanskrit
rUpaka

Composer: Muttuswaamee Dikshitar

Close relatives

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

Janya ragas of Dheerasankarabharanam

Other ragas derived from the same parent melakarta (mela 29)

Ahiri Nattai

S M1 G3 M1 P D2 N3 S

S N3 D2 P N3 P G3 M1 G3 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. 2, p. 862 (Dikshitar school)
  2. 2.Subbarama Dikshitar, Sangita Sampradaya Pradarshini (1904). English web edition by P. P. Narayanaswami, Vidya Jayaraman et al., 2008., Vol. 2, p. 862