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Bhashanga Carnatic raaga

Aṭāna

The raaga of valour and defiance: martial, zig-zag phrases (P M P G R), as in Tyagaraja's 'Ela Nee Daya Raadu'.

valour, heroism (veera rasa), energy, majesty

Aṭāna is a bhashanga raaga in the Carnatic tradition.

in the raaga jeeva (life note) nyasa (resting note)
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arohana / ascending

S R2 M1 P N3 S

avarohana / descending

S N3 D2 P M1 P G3 R2 S (ragasurabhi gives S N3 S D2 P M1 R2 G3 R2 S)

How to hear it

Life notes / jeeva
R (chatusruti rishabha R2), P (panchama) and N (kakali nishada N3) are the vital/emphasised notes; an uttaranga-pradhana raga that does not go much below madhyama.
Resting notes / nyasa
Shadja (S) and Panchama (P), on which Atana typically resolves in the upper register.
Signature phrases / prayoga
Commences in the higher octave, e.g. s R S N S D; m p S, S n R S n S d, n p; m p n S R S; p d d n n S; R S p, d n p; p d n p m p g; the weakened purvanga phrase m p g m r s. A bhashanga raga whose arohana/avarohana are not strictly followed, phrases are interwoven.
Ornament / gamaka
Highly oscillatory (kampita) gandhara, the sadharana gandhara (G2) is obligatorily oscillated and never rendered plain (e.g. in m p g, m); kampita on gandhara and dhaivata, jaru on gandhara. Bhashanga raga admitting anya-swaras sadharana gandhara (G2) and kaisiki nishada (N2), while kakali nishada (N3) is the native nishada used rarely in descent.

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