mela kartha ragas
now we go to the 72 melakartha ragas. as you all know there are 7 swaras srgmpdn.
in this 7, s and p are fixed. they have no variations. that's why before starting to sing learners sing s-p-s to fix their sruti. they are called prakruti swaras. the other 5 are called vikruti swaras
ma has two varieties. shudha madhyamam and prathi madhyamam. the other four r g d n has three variations. so the math goes like this.
2 (madhyamam) * 4 ( rgdn) * 3 (variations) * 3 (changing one of the four notes with respect to other 3 notes) = 72 mela karthas
ACTUALLY, THE MATHS IS DIFFERENT. I HAVE GIVEN AN EASY INTERPRETATION. I WILL GIVE THE ORIGINAL CALCULATION LATER.
the melakartha or parent raagas are classified as shudha madhyama and prathi madhyama ragas.
the first 36 are exactly the same as the next 36 with just the 'ma' difference. so 15th melakarta maya malava gowla is the same as 15+36 =51st mela kartha 'kamavarthini' or commonly known as panthuvaraali with just the 'ma' difference. all other swaras are the same.
i am talking just about the swaras and not the raaga lakshanam. these r 2 completely different raagas with different emotions and different handling.
these are classified into 12 chakras of 6 raagas each. each chakra has a name. e.g first chakra is 'indhu' chakra which contains the following raagas.
1.kanakangi
2.ratnangi
3.gaanamurthi
4.vanaspathi
5.manavathi
6.dhanaroopi
in this 7, s and p are fixed. they have no variations. that's why before starting to sing learners sing s-p-s to fix their sruti. they are called prakruti swaras. the other 5 are called vikruti swaras
ma has two varieties. shudha madhyamam and prathi madhyamam. the other four r g d n has three variations. so the math goes like this.
2 (madhyamam) * 4 ( rgdn) * 3 (variations) * 3 (changing one of the four notes with respect to other 3 notes) = 72 mela karthas
ACTUALLY, THE MATHS IS DIFFERENT. I HAVE GIVEN AN EASY INTERPRETATION. I WILL GIVE THE ORIGINAL CALCULATION LATER.
the melakartha or parent raagas are classified as shudha madhyama and prathi madhyama ragas.
the first 36 are exactly the same as the next 36 with just the 'ma' difference. so 15th melakarta maya malava gowla is the same as 15+36 =51st mela kartha 'kamavarthini' or commonly known as panthuvaraali with just the 'ma' difference. all other swaras are the same.
i am talking just about the swaras and not the raaga lakshanam. these r 2 completely different raagas with different emotions and different handling.
these are classified into 12 chakras of 6 raagas each. each chakra has a name. e.g first chakra is 'indhu' chakra which contains the following raagas.
1.kanakangi
2.ratnangi
3.gaanamurthi
4.vanaspathi
5.manavathi
6.dhanaroopi
