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Ragas

139 ragas — curated janyas and all 72 melakartas — with verified scale degrees and musicological citations from Sambamoorthy's reference works.

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Venkatamakhin ṛāgaṅga

11 ragas following Muthuswami Dikshitar's SSP (Sangita Sampradaya Pradarshini, 1904) raganga nomenclature. Convention: Tyāgarāja and Śyāma Śāstri kriti-catalogs use the Govindacharya melakarta (default); Dikshitar kriti-catalogs use the Venkatamakhin raganga scheme.

Hamsadhwani· mela 29 Sankarābharaṇam· mela —Kalyāṇī· mela —Tōḍī· mela —Sāveri· mela 15 Latāṅgi· mela —Māyāmāḷavagaula· mela —Varāḷi· mela 51 Asāvēri· mela 22 Natanarāyaṇi· mela 29 Pūrvī Kalyāṇī· mela 65

Mōhanam
Janya of Harikāmbhōji (28)
Bright, evening; pentatonic auspicious
S R₂ G₃ P D₂ Ṡ
Hamsadhwani
Janya of Sankarābharaṇam (29)
Festive, opening; pentatonic
S R₂ G₃ P N₃ Ṡ
Hindōḷam
Janya of Naṭabhairavī (20)
Contemplative; pentatonic minor
S G₂ M₁ D₁ N₂ Ṡ
Abhōgi
Janya of Karaharapriyā (22)
Devotional; pentatonic
S R₂ G₂ M₁ D₂ Ṡ
Bilahari
Janya of Sankarābharaṇam (29)
Joyful, morning
S R₂ G₃ P D₂ Ṡ
Kāmbhōji
Janya of Harikāmbhōji (28)
Royal, dignified
S R₂ G₃ M₁ P D₂ Ṡ
Sankarābharaṇam
Melakarta 29
Equivalent to Ionian; weighty
S R₂ G₃ M₁ P D₂ N₃ Ṡ
Kalyāṇī
Melakarta 65
Lydian; auspicious
S R₂ G₃ M₂ P D₂ N₃ Ṡ
Kharaharapriyā
Melakarta 22
Dorian; pathos
S R₂ G₂ M₁ P D₂ N₂ Ṡ
Tōḍī
Melakarta 8
Heavy, gamaka-rich
S R₁ G₂ M₁ P D₁ N₂ Ṡ
Bhairavī
Janya of Naṭabhairavī (20) — bhāṣāṅga raga
Profound, classical-format anchor
S R₂ G₂ M₁ P D₁ N₂ Ṡ
Madhyamāvati
Janya of Kharaharapriyā (22) — audava
Auspicious, mangalam-closing raga
S R₂ M₁ P N₂ Ṡ
Sāveri
Janya of Māyāmāḷavagaula (15) — audava ascent, sampūrṇa descent
Karuna; morning devotion
S R₁ M₁ P D₁ Ṡ
Śuddha Sāveri
Janya of Sankarābharaṇam (29) — audava both ways, no Ga/Ni
Simple, open; a common early-geetham raga (Analekara)
S R₂ M₁ P D₂ Ṡ
Ārabhi
Janya of Sankarābharaṇam (29) — audava ascent, sampūrṇa descent
Heroic, opening kīrtanas
S R₂ M₁ P D₂ Ṡ
Yadukulakāmbhōji
Janya of Harikāmbhōji (28) — audava ascent, sampūrṇa descent (with N₂)
Devotional, slow-tempo padams
S R₂ M₁ P D₂ Ṡ
Pūrvīkalyāṇī
Janya of Gamanāśramā (53) — ṣāḍava ascent, sampūrṇa descent
Bright, evening
S R₁ G₃ M₂ P D₂ Ṡ
Saurāṣṭram
Janya of Sūryakāntam (17) — sampūrṇa, bhāṣāṅga (N₂ anya in descent)
Brisk, kīrtana favorite
S R₁ G₃ M₁ P D₂ N₃ Ṡ
Cintāmaṇi
Janya of Ṣaṇmukhapriyā (56) — vakra-sampūrṇa in practice
Reflective, rakti-laden
S G₂ R₂ G₂ M₂ P D₁ N₂ Ṡ
Bēgaḍa
Janya of Sankarābharaṇam (29) — vakra avarōhaṇa in practice
Sweet, conversational
S R₂ G₃ M₁ P D₂ N₃ Ṡ
Latāṅgi
Melakarta 63
Bright with the prati-madhyama tension
S R₂ G₃ M₂ P D₁ N₃ Ṡ
Ānandabhairavī
Janya of Naṭabhairavī (20) — vakra, bhāṣāṅga (D₂ anya)
Sweet, often kṛti-format
S G₂ R₂ G₂ M₁ P D₂ N₂ Ṡ
Punnāgavarāḷi
Janya of Hanumatōḍī (8) — sampūrṇa, niṣādāntya (register-restricted)
Contemplative, devotional
S R₁ G₂ M₁ P D₁ N₂ Ṡ
Yamunākalyāṇī
Janya of Mecakalyāṇī (65) — audava-sampūrṇa
Light, evening
S R₂ G₃ M₂ P D₂ N₃ Ṡ