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Sampurna Carnatic raaga
Pūrvīkaḷyāṇi
A calm, tender raaga, Dikshitar's 'Meenakshi Memudam Dehi'; soothing yet touched with a gentle, wistful longing.
calm, soothing, devotional with gentle longing
Pūrvīkaḷyāṇi is a sampurna (seven-note) raaga in the Carnatic tradition.
in the raaga
jeeva (life note)
nyasa (resting note)
or tap any lit note to hear it
arohana / ascending
S R1 G3 M2 P D2 P S
avarohana / descending
S N3 D2 P M2 G3 R1 S
How to hear it
- Life notes / jeeva
- R, M, D, N
- Resting notes / nyasa
- G, P, D
- Signature phrases / prayoga
- D N M D S S is a ranjaka prayoga
- Ornament / gamaka
- Oscillated (kampita) Madhyamam, elevated Nishadam, and Janta Swara phrases
Easy to confuse with
Pantuvarali/Ramakriya (shares poorvanga characteristics
distinguished by Dwisruti Rishabha and arohana vakratva)
Listen for it
- Meenakshi Me Mudam Dehi, Muthuswami Dikshitar
- Gnanamosagarada, Tyagaraja
- Ninnuvinagamari, Syama Sastri
- Sandhikka Thudithen film
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