Samanta
Indian Classical Raga
Samanta is a janya raga of Naganandini, the 30th melakarta. It is a sampoorna raga that features the vivadi combination of shatsruthi dhaivatam (D3) and kakali nishadham (N3). It is documented in older musicological treatises.
Scale
ArohanamS R2 G3 M1 P D3 N3 S
AvarohanamS N3 D3 N3 D3 P M1 G3 R2 S
Alternate
S R2 G3 M1 P D3 N3 S - S N3 D3 P M1 G3 R2 S1Dikshitar school
Śloka2
sāmantarāgassaṃpūrṇaḥ ārōhē vakradhaivataḥ |
ṣaḍjagraha samāyuktassarvakālēṣu gīyatē ∥How it moves
Characteristic phrases1
- S' N3 D3 P · Characteristic phrase
- P N3 N3 S' · Characteristic phrase
- N3 P N3 N3 S' · Characteristic phrase
- M1 G3 M1 P N3 S' · Characteristic phrase
- N3. S G3 P M1 G3 R2 S · Characteristic phrase
- S M1 G3 R2 G3 D3 P M1 G3 R2 S · Characteristic phrase
- G3 M1 N3 D3 P S' P N3 N3 S' · Characteristic phrase
- S' D3 N3 S' · Characteristic phrase
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- M1 P M1 G3 R2 G3 · Characteristic phrase
- S D3. N3. S · Characteristic phrase
Graha swaraS1
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Ragas whose scale differs from Samanta's by a note or two.
- Nagabharanam
the same notes, moving differently
- Naganandini
the same notes, moving differently
- Calanattai
uses R3 instead of R2
- Calanata
uses R3 instead of R2
- Citrambari
uses M2 instead of M1
- Curnikavinodhini
uses M2 instead of M1
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. 2, p. 949 (Dikshitar school)
- 2.Subbarama Dikshitar, Sangita Sampradaya Pradarshini (1904). English web edition by P. P. Narayanaswami, Vidya Jayaraman et al., 2008., Vol. 2, p. 949