Svadhya is a

rāga A raga ( ; , ; ) is a melodic framework for improvisation in Indian classical music akin to a musical mode, melodic mode. It is central to classical Indian music. Each raga consists of an array of melodic structures with musical motifs; and, fro ...

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Carnatic music Carnatic music (known as or in the Dravidian languages) is a system of music commonly associated with South India, including the modern Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and southern Odisha. It is o ...

(musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is an ''audava'' ''Shadava'' rāgam . It is a ''

janya ''Janya'' is a term meaning "derive". In Carnatic (South Indian) music a ''janya raga'' is one derived from one of the 72 '' melakarta'' ragas (fundamental melodic structures). ''Janya'' ragas are classified into various types based on a vari ...

'' rāgam (derived scale), as it does not have all the seven ''

swara Swara () or svara is an Indian classical music term that connotes simultaneously a breath, a vowel, a note, the sound of a musical note corresponding to its name, and the successive steps of the octave, or ''saptanka''. More comprehensively ...

s'' (musical notes). It is said to evoke intense self-reflection to the listener and ''Karuṇa'' rasa (pathos).

Structure and Lakshana

* : * : (notes used in this scale are ''shuddha rishabham, shuddha madhyamam, panchamam, shuddha dhaivatham, kaisiki nishadham'') ''Svadhya'' is considered a ''janya'' rāgam of ''

Ratnangi Ratnangi (pronounced ratnāngi, meaning ''the one with a gem-like body'') is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 2nd ''melakarta'' rāgam (parent scale) in the 72 ''melakarta'' rāgam system of ...

'', the 2nd ''

Melakarta Mēḷakartā is a collection of fundamental musical scales ( ragas) in Carnatic music (South Indian classical music). ''Mēḷakartā'' ragas are parent ragas (hence known as ''janaka'' ragas) from which other ragas may be derived. A ''melaka ...

'' rāgam. This Raga was created by composer

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Popular compositions

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kritis A ''kriti'' () is a form of musical composition in the Carnatic music literature. The Sanskrit common noun ''Kriti'' means 'creation' or 'work'. A kriti forms the mental backbone of any typical Carnatic music concert and is the longer format o ...

'' composed in ''Svadhya''. *''Maya- The Reflection of Self'' by

*''Ashtavakra Gita- Self Realization Musical'' by

Related rāgams

This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rāgam.

Scale similarities

*'' Revati'' ragam has similar aurohana but a different avarohana, especially the presence of ''shuddha dhaivatham'' makes Svadhya raga a complex one and lends a different colour.''Raganidhi'' by P. Subba Rao, Pub. 1964, The Music Academy of Madras

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References

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