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the internet. Regards Pramila Srinivasan Hi: This is my humble contribution to

Sankarabharanam (Raga of the Week). Thanks Narayanaswami ***********************
************************************ Ragam SANKARABHARANAM (Long) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
^^^^^^^ This majestic Ragam is considered the KING of all ragams in Carnatic Mus
ic. This Ragam is also found in various systems of World Music. The Hindustahni
equivalent is the Bilaval Thata (Velavali). In Western music, this is equivalent
to the Harmonic Diatonic scale -C Major. The western notes Doh, Re, Mi, Fa, Soh
, La, Sa is set to this Ragam. Lydic (Greek), Ionian (Eccleasitic), and the Meia
(Arabic) systems are approximate to Sankarabharanam. In Tamil music, this scale
is prevelant as Pazham Panchuram. This Ragam is mentioned in Sangita Ranthnakar
am, Sangita Makarandam and Sangita Samayasara. Sarngadeva (13th century), in San
gita Rathnakaram, refers to this Ragam as Ranjani and states that this ragam was
in vogue much earlier than his period. Muthuswami Dikshitar composed about 40 N
ottu Swara Sahityams, all in Sankarabharanam, all the tunes in Western Melody. S
ankarabharanam literally means - the ornament of Lord Siva Hence it is always as
sociated with Siva, and even the seven swaras featured are described as the seve
n ornaments of Lord SIva, namely, Sarpa (sa), Rudraksha (Ri), Ganga (Ga), Mrga (
Ma) Pushpa (Pa, Damaru (Dha) NisAkara (moon) (Ni). MeLam 29 (both in SampoorNam,
and AsampoorNa MeLam scheme) RAgAnga RAgam, The name is DHIRASANKARABHARANAM, t
he ``DHIRA'' is incorporated to obtain the Melam No. 29 according to KatapayAdi
Gana counting. Definition (Venkatamakhin): SankarAbharaNam pUrNam, SAyam GEyam C
ha Sagraham Raganga Ragam, Sampurnam Bana Chakram, MA (5th) Ri Gu Ma Pa Dhi Nu A
rohanam SA RI GA MA PA DHA NI Avarohanam: SA NI DHA PA MA GA RI (Shadja, Chatusr
uti Rishabha, Antara Gandhara, Suddha Madhyma, Panchama, Chatusruti Dhaivata, Ka
kali Nishada) It is the Suddha Madhyama counterpart of MeLam 65 - (Mecha)Kalyani
A ragam with a symmetrical pair of tetrachords, each being separated by the inte
rval of a major tone. That is the purvanga (sa ri ga ma) and uttaranga (pa dha n
i sa) are uniform and match perfectly. This is a reason for its popularity, sinc
e this characteristic makes it possible to give fluent and enjoyable expression
to the Ragam both in vocal and in instrumental music. Suitable for singing in th
e evening. A Sarva Svara Ranjaka Ragam. A ragam that is capable of evoking diffe
rent rasas like Srngara, Vira, etc. Janta swara and Dhatu swara Prayogas add to
the bbeauty of the ragam. Important Jiva svaras: GA, Ma, Pa, Ni. Ri, Ga, Ma, Ni
are rendered as Kampita svaras Ga, Ma, Ni, sa are Nyasa svaras Ma and Pa are ams
a svaras Ri, Dha are used as dirgha svaras Compositions begin in Sa, Ga, Ma, or
Pa. A Ragam with tremendous scope for elaboration, so is usually featured in the
Ragam Tanam Pallavi segment of a concert. A sarva svara Murchchana Karaka meLam
, which, by the process of Model shift of tonic (Graha Bhedam) produces Kharahar
apriya (Ri Murchchana), Todi (Ga Murchchana), Kalyani (Ma murchchana), Harikambh
oji (Pa murchchana), and Natabhairavi (Dha murchchana). Anecdotes related to San
karabharanam ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Tanjavur Narasayya, a court u
sician in Tanjavur court (18th century) was so proficient in rendering this Raga
m, that he became known as Dankarabharanam Narasayya. The majestic composition A
kshaya Lingha Vibho by Muthuswami Dikshitar as the following story begind it. At
Kivakur (Keezh Velur), when Dikshitar sand this piece, the door of the Garbha G
raham suddenly opened wide for him to have the holy darshanam. Muthuswami Diskhi
tar has to credit around 40 songs in Westerm melody, known as Nottu Swara sahity
am, all in Sankarabharanam, in various Talams. Violin was introduced to Carnatic
music system by his younger brother Baluswami, who was given this instrument by
one of the East India company officials, and this resulted in the series of com
positions. In the western film ~Sound of Music', the song `Doe a deer' sung by J
ulie Andrews resembles reasonably with Sankarabharanam (except with a slight tou
ch of Pratimadhyamam in the end). The Telugu film Sankarabharanam has been very
popular, and created an awareness of Classical music in a common man. The song ~
Omkara nadanu sandhana' sung by SPB is very popular. COMPOSITIONS IN SANKARABHAR
ANAM ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Lakshya Gitam ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Ripu BalagaNTAn
urE, Matya TALam (Venkatamakhin)
Gitam ^^^^^ ArE Dasaratha, SImhanandana Talam (?) Arr rE rE Kosala DEsapAla, Tri
puta (Govindacharya) Sanchari ^^^^^^^^ --, Matya TaLam (Subarama Dikshitar) Swar
ajati ^^^^^^^^^ Sa sa ri sa ni dha pa, Rupakam (Govindacharya) Varnam (7) ^^^^^^
Raa rapu seyagarA, Ata (Ramaswamy Dikshitar) Chalamela, Ata (Swati Tirunal) Nil
u Parani Mohamuto, Ata (Patnam Subrahmanya Iyer) Sami ninnE KOri, Adi (Vina Kupp
ayyar) SAmiki sari evvaro, Adi (Vina Kuppayyar) Athi moham, Adi (Ponnayya Pillai
) Manavikai konarada, Adi (Ponnayya Pillai) Pada Varnam (5) ^^^^^^^^^^^ Indumukh
I, Ata (Swati Tirunal) Manasime Paritapam, Adi (Iriyamman Thampi) Sakhiye Inda,
Rupakam (K. N. Dandayuthasami Pillai) Sami ki Sari Evaro (Kunnakudi Krishna Iyer
) Manavi Chekkone radha (Ponnaiah Pillai) Krithi (> 120) ^^^^^ Akshayalinghavibh
o, Misra Chapu (Muthuswami Dikshitar) Brihadeeswaraya, Adi (Muthuswami Dikshitar
) Dakshinamurthe, Jhampa (Muthuswami Dikshitar) Girijaya Jaya, Adi (Muthuswami D
ikshitar) Nagalingham, Adi (Muthuswami Dikshitar) Pavanathmajam, Adi (Muthuswami
Dikshitar) Sadasivamupasmahe, Adi (Muthuswami Dikshitar) Sri Kamalambikaya, Rup
akam (Muthuswami Dikshitar) Subrahmanyam, (Muthuswami Dikshitar) Sundareswaraya,
Rupakam (Muthuswami Dikshitar) Tharakeswara, Adi (Muthuswami Dikshitar) Shambho
Jagadisa, Adi (Ramaswamy Dikshitar) Sankaracharyam, Adi (Subbarama Dikshitar) P
arashakti, Rupakam (Subbarama Dikshitar) Sri Salvatiswara Nayike, Rupakam (Ambi
Dikshitar) VA VA VA nI Valli manavala, Adi (Vekateswara Ettappa Maharaja) Ashtan
ga Yoga, Adi (Kumara Ettappa Maharaja) SaradE SadAsrayE, Tisra Ekam (Krishnasami
Ayya) Sankarabharana Sankhachakra, Tisra Ekam (Krishnasami Ayya) SarojadaLa Net
ri, Adi (SyamA Sastri) Devi Meena Netri, Adi (SyamA Sastri) Nannu karuincham, Ek
am (SyamA Sastri) Bhakti Bikshamaiyave, Rupakam (Tyagaraja) Budhiradu, Misra Cha
pu (Tyagaraja) EdulA NilachE, Adi (Tyagaraja) Enduku Chalamu, Triputa (Tyagaraja
) Enduku Peddala, Desadi (Tyagaraja)
Emi Neramu, Adi (Tyagaraja) Ee vidhamulanai, Adi (Tyagaraja) Gata Moha Sritapala
, Rupakam (Tyagaraja) Ee varukku Juchinadi, Adi (Tyagaraja) Manasu Swadhina, Rup
akam (Tyagaraja) Mariyada Garuda, Adi (Tyagaraja) Nannu Brova kannu, Triputa (Ty
agaraja) Napali Srirama, Adi (Tyagaraja) Pahi Ramachandra, Adi (Tyagaraja) Parip
alaya dasarathe, Misra Chapu (Tyagaraja) Rama Nanuvina, Rupakam (Tyagaraja) RamA
ramana ra ra, Adi (Tyagaraja) Rama Sitarama, Rupakam (Tyagaraja) Sambho Sivasan
kara, Rupakam (Tyagaraja) Sankara Guruvaralu, Adi (Tyagaraja) Sarasa Netra, Adi
(Tyagaraja) Sitapati Kavavayya, Adi (Tyagaraja) Sri Raghuvara Dasarathe, Rupakam
(Tyagaraja) Sundareswaruni, Adi (Tyagaraja) Swara Raga Sudha, Adi (Tyagaraja) V
allaga dhanaka, Adi (Tyagaraja) Vishnuvahana, Rupakam (Tyagaraja) Varaleda Ganal
ola, Adi (Tyagaraja) Guru Charanam Bhaje, Adi (Walajapet Venkataramana Bhagavath
ar) Kuchela Paripala, Adi (Walajapet Venkataramana Bhagavathar) Aho Chitha Chint
aya, Misra Chapu (Swathi Tirunal) Bhakta Parayana, Chapu (Swathi Tirunal) KalayE
parvathinatham, Misra Chapu (Swathi Tirunal) Rajeevaaksha, Adi (Swathi Tirunal)
Mahyam Kim Anitham, Adi (Swathi Tirunal) Nrtyati Nrtyati, Adi (Swathi Tirunal)
Sakhi He Ni Gamikka, Triputa (Swathi Tirunal) Saradindu Vadana, Adi (Swathi Tiru
nal) Sarasanabha Me, Triputa (Swathi Tirunal) Vande Govindarajam (Margadarsi Ses
ha Iyengar) Palaya Sri, Adi (Patnam Subrahmanya Iyer) Neram Chukora, Adi (Patnam
Subrahmanya Iyer) Enta Nustsu, Adi (Subbaraya Sastri) Mahima Teliya tarama, Rup
akam (Anayya) Nalla Nalla Nilavi, Adi (Ghanam Krishna Iyer) Kai Vidalaagaathayya
, Adi (Viswanatha Sastri) Koluvaiyunnade, Adi (Shahaji Maharaja) Singarambu Pall
ika, Adi (Shahaji Maharaja) Ennak Kaninthavan, Adi (Lalithadasar) PanamA Unnal,
Rupakam (Vedanayakam Pillai) Uyyum Varai, Tupakam (Vedanayakam Pillai) Thaye Una
i Nambinaar, Rupakam (T. Lakshmanan Pillai) Thunbam Illa, Adi (T. Lakshmanan Pil
lai) Neekela Dayarada, Eka (Pallavi Sesha Iyer) Elagu Dayavachino, Adi (Pallavi
Doraiswamy Iyer) Elagu daya Vachure (Pallavi Gopala Iyer) Kadi modi Vadathu, Eka
(Arunagirinathar) YEn vandAy, Misra Chapu (Arunachala Kavi) En kanavai kEL, Mis
ra Chapu (Arunachala Kavi) Nannu Karuninchi, Rupakam (Karur Chinna devudu) iTiru
kkumaranai, Adi (Papanasam Sivan) Sundara rupa Gopalanai, Adi (Papanasam Sivan)
Pathipadam PaNivathu, Adi (Papanasam Sivan) Mahalakshmi Jagan Mata, Adi (Papanas
am Sivan) Konjam Dayai, Adi (Papanasam Sivan)
Kanjamalaradu, Adi (Papanasam Sivan) AmbA Unaiyee, Adi (Papanasam Sivan) Akhilan
da nayaki, Adi (Papanasam Sivan) Nandan Charitthiram, Adi (Gopalakrishna Bharath
i) Periya Kizhavan, Adi (Gopalakrishna Bharathi) Thookkiya Tiruvadi, Adi (Suddha
nanda Bharathiar) Muthukkumarayyane, Rupakam (Ramaswamy Sivan) Gopalakrishna Day
anidhe, Misra Chapu (Nilakanthan Sivan) Un Mel Bharam, Adi (Nilakanthan Sivan) V
a Va Kalai Madhe, Adi (Nilakanthan Sivan) Nii ThuNai PurivaayE, Misra Chapu (Kav
ikunjara Bharathi) Sendhil Adhipan, Triputa (Kavikunjara Bharathi) Valli Kalyana
m, Misra Chapu (Kavikunjara Bharathi) KaNapettreenee, Triputa (Kavikunjara Bhara
thi) Ennay Alayya, Adi (Kotiswara Iyer) Varavenum Vani, Adi (Kotiswara Iyer) Man
adhira, Adi (Muthiah Bhagavathar) Sahaja Guna Rama, Adi (Muthiah Bhagavathar) Ga
ngadhara Naga kanaka, Adi (Muthiah Bhagavathar) Chandrasekhara, Adi (Muthiah Bha
gavathar) Bhaja Manasa Sarasvati, Adi (Mysore Vasudevachariar) Damodaram Anisam,
Adi (Mysore Vasudevachariar) Rama Ninivina, Adi (Mysore Sadasiva Rao) Sudar Vad
ivela, Adi (Periyasami Thooran) Taayinai Kaanaatha, Adi (Periyasami Thooran) Tar
uNamidu, Jhampa (Periyasami Thooran) Yemanallo Kane, Adi (Purandharadasa) Vidath
i Devathegalu, Adi (Purandaradasa) iSumane Vaishnave, Adi (Purandaradasa) SarvAp
arAdhavE, Triputa (Purandaradasa) Madi Madi Maidayendu, Misra Chapu (Purandarada
sa) Nagalinga Maheswaram, Rupakam (Jayachamaraja Wodaiyar) Recent Melakartha com
posers ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sri Subrahmanyam, Adi (M. Balamuralikrishna)
Kanda guru, Adi (D. Pattammal) Shambho Sankara, Rupakam (Ashok Madhav) Sri Chakr
a Peetha, Misra Chapu (Cuddalore SUbrahmanyam) Padam (6) ^^^^^ Amdagadavi, Adi (
KshetraJna) Chellambo Palagiri, Adi (KshetraJna) Evate Opana, Misra Chapu (Kshet
raJna) Ela Tellavare, Triputa (KshetraJna) Moova Gol\pala, Triputa (KshetraJna)
Inta Mohamemura, Misra Chapu (KshetraJna) Thillana (3) ^^^^^^^^ Nadru Dhim Dhim,
(Ramanathapuram Srinivasa Iyengar) tatta Dhim Dhim tarana Adi (Ponnayya Pillai)
--- Adi, (Vina Seshanna) Nottu Swara Sahitayams (Muthuswami Dikshitar) (40) ^^^
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Anjaneyam Tisra Ekam Chinthaya Chinth
ayeham Chathurasra Ekam
Dasarathe Tisra Ekam Deenabandho Tisra Ekam Guruguha Sarasija Chathurasra Ekam G
uruguhapada Adi Gurumurthe Rupakam He Maye Tisra Ekam Jagadeesa Chathurasra Ekam
Kamalasana Chathurasra Ekam Kancheesa Tisra Ekam Maye Chithkale Tisra Ekam Much
ukundavara Tisra Ekam Pahi Durge Chathurasra Ekam Pahimam Tisra Ekam Pankajamukh
a Tisra Ekam Paradevatha Tisram Paradevathe Rupakam Parvatheepathe Chathurasra E
kam Peethavarnam Tisra Ekam Rajeevalochanam Tisra Ekam Ramachandram Chathurasra
Ekam Rama Janardhana Tisra Ekam Sadasiva Chathurasra Ekam Sakalasuravinutha Chat
hurasra Ekam Sakthisahitha Tisra Ekam Samaganapriye Chathurasra Ekam Sankaravara
Rupakam Santhanasowbhaga Tisra Ekam Santhatham Tisra Ekam Santhatham Tisra Ekam
Shakthisahitha Tisram Somaskandam Tisra Ekam Sowrividhi Sri Sankara Tisram Syam
ale Meenakshi Chathurasra Ekam Vagdevi Chathurasra Ekam Vande Minakshi Chathuras
ra Ekam Varadaraja Pahi Tisra Ekam Varasivapalam Chathurasra Ekam Ragamalika Lin
es ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Chaturdasa Ragamalika of Muthuswami Dikshitar ``Sri Viswanat
ham'' features Sankarabharanam in the Charana line ``Sadasrayami Sankarabharanam
'' Swathi Tirunal,s Ragamalika ``Pannagendra sayana'' is eight ragams begins wit
h Sankartabharanam, and uses the Ragam as the basic melody. Madurai Somu used to
singa Tamil ragamalika in several ragams starting with the line ``Sankarabharan
E Devi'' Maharajapuram Santhanam sings the 14 Raga malika `Nalinakathimathim' an
d the line Sankarabharanane Shakti Sakala Samrajya Chamundeswari Sankari' Pallav
i Lines ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The Chatur Raga Pallavi Sankarabharananai Azhaithoodi vadi
Kalyani Darbarukku begins with this Ragam and has been made famous by
Ariyakkudi Ramanuja Iyengar, KVN and others. Nataraja Dhayanidhe (sung by MLV) J
anya Ragams ^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sankarabharanam claims to have a large number of Janya
ragams: The folowing are very popular Janyams. Arabhi, Athana, Bangala, Begada,
Behag, Bilahari, Durbar, Durvanki, Devagandhari, Garudadhwani, Gaudamalhar, Hams
adhwani, Hamsavinodhini, Janaranjani, Kadanakuthoohalam, Kaanada, Kannada, Kedar
am, Kuranji, Maahuri, Navaroj, Nagadhwani, Narayani, Narayanadesakshi, Nilambari
, Phalamanjari, Purnachandrika, Purvagowla, Sahana, Sama, Saraswatimanohari, Sin
dumandari, Suddha Vasantham, Suddha Saveri, Vasantha ***************************
***************************** Sources: Sangita Sampradaya Pradarshini, Subbarama
Dikshitar Ragas in Carnatic Music, Dr S. Bhagyalekshmy ************************
******************************** Narayanaswami