Brundavana Saranga

Bṛndāvana Sāraṅga is an upāṅga janyai of the 22nd mēḷakartaii Kharaharapriya. It is an auḍavaiii rāga. The svarasiv occurring in this rāga are ṣaḍja, chatuśruti riṣabha, śuddha madhyama, pañchama, kaiśiki niṣādav. Sādhāraṇa gāndhāra occurs as an anusvaravi. In some versions of this rāga, kākali niṣāda occurs in the ārōhaṇa. In such a case, it becomes a bhāṣāṅga janyavii of Kharaharapriya. This is also called Bṛndāvanī. Its ārōhaṇaviii and avarōhaṇaix are

S R2 M1 P N3 Ṡ – Ṡ N2 P M1 R2 S.

In Western music notation, if C is taken as the base or tonic note, then the scale is

C D F G B C – C A# G F D C.

Its scale seems similar to the rāga Madhyamāvati but the embellishments made to the notes gives this rāga a completely different shape. The closest equivalent of this rāga in Hindustani music is Bṛndāvanī Sāraṅg.

Riṣabha and niṣāda are rāgachāyā svarasx. Riṣabha, madhyama, pañcama are nyāsa svarasxi. Sa-ma, sa-pa, ri-pa are vādi-samvādi svaras (consonant notes).

It can portray rasasxii like karuṇā (compassion) very effectively, just as it can convey the feeling of devotion or bhakti bhāva.

Some of the signature phrases of this rāga are

P Ṙ, Ṡ, – N, Ṙ Ṡ N P, – M P N, P M R, – R M N P M R, M R S Ṇ, – Ṇ S R, S, – R R S S Ṇ, S Ṇ S R, – R M, R M P M R, – R M P N N P P, – NPPM,, P N, – N Ṡ, P, N Ṡ, – N Ṡ Ṙ Ṁ,, Ṁ Ṙ, – Ṙ Ṁ Ṗ Ṁ Ṙ, Ṁ Ṙ Ṡ N, – P Ṙ Ṡ Ṙ N Ṡ P, – M P N,, N P M R, – R P M P R M S R Ṇ S R M, R S Ṇ, – Ṇ S P̣, Ṇ, S,

A few compositions in this rāga are-

Kamalāptakula

Tyāgarāja

Raṅgapura vihāra

Muttuswāmi Dīkṣitar

Saundararājam

Muttuswāmi Dīkṣitar

Kaliyuga varadan

Periyasāmi Tūran

Dhīm tanana (tillāna)

Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna

Bibliography

Hariharan, M. and Kuppuswamy, Gowri. 2011. Comparative Music- Fundamentals of Western Music. Nagercoil: CBH Publications

Keshavamurthy, R.R. 1964. Rāgalakṣaṇa mattu Rāgakōśa. Bengaluru: Gāna Viśārada Biḍāram Kṛṣṇappa Smāraka Saṅgīta Vidyālaya

Rajarao, Mysore L. 2003. Saṅgīta Śāstra Chandrike. Bengaluru: Karnataka Sangeetha Nritya Academy

Rao, B. Subba. 1980. Raganidhi. Madras: The Music Academy

Sambamoorthy, P. 2018 (reprint of eighth edition published in 1998). South Indian Music (Volumes 1 to 6). Chennai: The Indian Music Publishing House

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