Rudrapriya

Indian Classical Raga

Rudrapriya is an old Carnatic raga grouped under Kharaharapriya, the 22nd melakarta. Its arohana-avarohana skips dhaivatam in the descent. Some sources describe it as the Carnatic form of the old Hindustani Kapi and treat it as a bhashanga raga. Muthuswami Dikshitar composed kritis in this raga, including 'Rudrakopa'.

Scale

ArohanamS R2 G2 M1 N2 S

AvarohanamS N2 P M1 G2 R2 S

Alternate

S R2 G2 M1 P D2 N2 S

Borrowed noteG3²

Dashed: borrowed from outside the parent scale (G3).

Śloka³

pūrṇō rudrapriyā rāgaścāvarōhē dhavarjitaḥ |

Vēṅkaṭamakhi’s śloka

Tradition

Carnatic

Mela

22

Parent Raga

Type

Bhashanga, Sampurna¹

How it moves

Characteristic phrases²

M1 G3 M1 · Borrowed-note phrase

Jiva swarasN2 G2 M1 R2¹

Nyasa swarasN2 G2 M1 R2¹

Graha swaraS¹

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Compositions in Rudrapriya raga

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gaNanAyakam bhajEham

Composer: Muttuswaamee Dikshitar

parAshaktim bhajarE

Composer: Muttuswaamee Dikshitar

Composer: Muttuswaamee Dikshitar

shiva kAyArOhaNEshAya

Composer: Muttuswaamee Dikshitar

shrI tyAgarAjasya

Composer: Muttuswaamee Dikshitar

tyAgEsham bhajarE rE

Composer: Muttuswaamee Dikshitar

Close relatives

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

Kanada
the same notes, moving differently
Purnasadjam
the same notes, moving differently
Asavri
adds D2
Devamrutavarsani
adds D2
Nadacintamani
adds D2
Puspalatika
adds P going up

Janya ragas of Kharaharapriya

Other ragas derived from the same parent melakarta (mela 22)

Abheri

S G2 M1 P N2 S

S N2 D2 P M1 G2 R2 S

Abhogi

S R2 G2 M1 D2 S

S D2 M1 G2 R2 S

Adi Kapi

S R2 M1 G2 M1 P D2 N2 S

S N2 D2 P M1 G2 R2 S

Agnikopa

S G2 M1 P N2 S

S N2 P M1 G2 R2 S

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. 1, p. 562 (Dikshitar school)
2.Subbarama Dikshitar, Sangita Sampradaya Pradarshini (1904). English web edition by P. P. Narayanaswami, Vidya Jayaraman et al., 2008., Vol. 1, p. 573 (Dikshitar school)
3.Subbarama Dikshitar, Sangita Sampradaya Pradarshini (1904). English web edition by P. P. Narayanaswami, Vidya Jayaraman et al., 2008., Vol. 1, p. 561