Sama
Indian Classical Raga
Sama is a janya raga of the 29th melakarta Shankarabharanam. It shares its arohanam with the ragas Arabhi and Devagandhari, all built on the same five ascending notes, and is distinguished from them by its nyasa (resting) note: halting on the gandhara is characteristic of Sama. It appears in compositions such as Muthuswami Dikshitar's 'Annapurne Vishalakshi', Tyagaraja's 'Santamu Leka' and Sadashiva Brahmendra's 'Manasa Sancharare'.
Scale
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Composer: Kovai Subri
Composer: OotukkaaDu VenkaTasubbaiyyar
Composer: Paapanaasam Shivan
Composer: Muttuswaamee Dikshitar
Composer: Kovai Subri
Close relatives
Ragas whose scale differs from Sama's by a note or two.
- Andalikurinji
the same notes, moving differently
- Pratapavarali
the same notes, moving differently
- Alakavarvali
adds N2 coming down
- Arabhi
adds N3 coming down
- Arabi
adds N3 coming down
- Arunakanta
adds N2
Janya ragas of Dheerasankarabharanam
Other ragas derived from the same parent melakarta (mela 29)