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Saramati

Indian Classical Raga

Saramati is a janya raga of Natabhairavi, the 20th melakarta. It is a sampoorna-audava raga with all seven notes in ascent and five in descent, dropping panchamam and rishabham. Its character is melting and meditative.

Scale

ArohanamS R2 G2 M1 P D1 N2 S
AvarohanamS N2 D1 M G2 S
↑SR1R2G2G3M1M2PD1D2N2N3S'↓SR1R2G2G3M1M2PD1D2N2N3S'
Tradition
Carnatic
Mela
20
Parent Raga
Natabhairavi

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Close relatives

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

  • Cakrapradipta

    uses D2 instead of D1; adds M1 coming down

  • Nilamati

    leaves out R2 going up; adds M1 coming down

Janya ragas of Natabhairavi

Other ragas derived from the same parent melakarta (mela 20)