Svadhya is a

rāga A ''raga'' or ''raag'' (; also ''raaga'' or ''ragam''; ) is a melodic framework for improvisation in Indian classical music akin to a melodic mode. The ''rāga'' is a unique and central feature of the classical Indian music tradition, and as a ...

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

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

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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'', the 2nd ''

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'' rāgam. This Raga was created by composer

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

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Scale similarities

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

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