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Yamunakalyani

Indian Classical Raga

Yamunakalyani is a janya raga of the 65th melakarta Kalyani, also known as Mechakalyani. It is classified as a sampoorna bhashanga raga because it uses shuddha madhyamam (M1) sparingly in descent alongside the parent scale's prati madhyamam (M2), and it is regarded as the Carnatic adaptation of the Hindustani raga Yaman Kalyan. It evokes bhakti, sringara and shanta rasas and is generally performed in the evening.

Scale

ArohanamS R2 G3 P M2 G3 P D2 N3 D2 S
AvarohanamS N3 D2 P M2 G3 M1 R2 S
Alternate
S R2 G3 M2 P D2 N3 S - S N3 D2 P M2 G3 R2 S1Dikshitar school
Borrowed noteM11
↑SR1R2G2G3M1M2PD1D2N2N3S'↓SR1R2G2G3M1M2PD1D2N2N3S'
Dashed: borrowed from outside the parent scale (M1).

Śloka2

yamunākalyāṇi rāgaḥ saṃpūrṇaḥ sagrahānvitaḥ |
Tradition
Carnatic
Mela
65
Parent Raga
Kalyani
Type
Bhashanga, Sampurna1

How it moves

Characteristic phrases1

  • S R2 G3 P D2 S'
  • S R2 G3 P M2 P D2 S'
  • S' N3 D2 P G3 R2 S
  • S' D2 P G3 M1 R2 S
  • N3 D2 N3 D2 · Ranjaka phrase
  • N3 D2 D2 · Ranjaka phrase
  • G3 P R2 R2 R2 · Ranjaka phrase
  • G3 M2 P G3 G3 · Ranjaka phrase
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  • G3 M2 P R2 R2 · Ranjaka phrase
  • G3 M2 P D2 D2 · Ranjaka phrase
  • G3 M2 P M2 G3 R2 · Ranjaka phrase
  • G3 P R2 · Ranjaka phrase
  • S R2 G3 R2 S N3. D2. · Ranjaka phrase
  • S R2 G3 R2 G3 G3 · Ranjaka phrase
  • G3 P D2 S' R2' N3 D2 P · Ranjaka phrase
  • G3 M1 G3 R2 S · Ranjaka phrase
  • R2 G3 P M2 G3 R2 S · Ranjaka phrase
  • G3 M1 R2 · Borrowed-note phrase
Jiva swarasG3 D2 R21
Graha swaraS1

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Compositions in Yamunakalyani raga

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adi nIpai marulu (jAvaLi)
Telugu
dEshaadi

Composer: Dharmapuri Subbaraaya Aiyyar

ahaha naiva jAnE
Sanskrit
rUpaka

Composer: Swaati TirunaaL

am kaN mA j~nyAlattu
Tamil
cApu

Composer: AaNDaaL

ambaramE taNNIrE
Tamil
cApu

Composer: AaNDaaL

amuna bhUmi
Sanskrit
Adi

Composer: Swaati TirunaaL

bhaarata samudaayam
Tamil

Composer: Subramanya Bhaaratiyaar

Janya ragas of Mechakalyani

Other ragas derived from the same parent melakarta (mela 65)

Adikavimpiriyan

S R2 G3 M2 P D2 N3 S

S N3 P M2 G3 R2 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. 3, p. 1178 (Dikshitar school)
  2. 2.Subbarama Dikshitar, Sangita Sampradaya Pradarshini (1904). English web edition by P. P. Narayanaswami, Vidya Jayaraman et al., 2008., Vol. 3, p. 1178 Verse supplied by the editors, not part of the 1904 text.