Dvijāvanti is a bhāṣāṅga janyai of the 28th mēḷakartaii Harikāmbhōji. It is a vakra ṣāḍava-vakra sampūrṇaiii rāga. The svarasiv occurring in this rāga are ṣaḍja, chatuśruti riṣabha, antara gāndhāra, śuddha madhyama, pañchama, chatuśruti dhaivata in ascent. In addition, kaiśiki niṣāda occurs in descentv. Sādhāraṇa gāndhāra and kākali niṣāda, which are not present in its own parent rāga Harikāmbhōji, occur in some phrases. Its ārōhaṇavi and avarōhaṇavii are
S R2 G3 M1 N2 D2 P Ṡ – Ṡ N2 D2 P M1 G3 M1 R2 G2 R2 S.
In Western music notation, if C is taken as the base or tonic note, then the scale is
C D E F A# A G C – C A# A G F E F D D# D C
This rāga has been adopted from Hindustani music. Its Hindustani equivalent is Raag Jaijaivanti. It is a rakti rāga or a rāga which pleases instantaneously.
Riṣabha, dhaivata and both gāndhāras are rāgachāyā svarasviii. Riṣabha, pañcama are nyāsa svarasix. Sa-pa, ri-da, ri-pa, ga3-da are vādi-samvādi svaras (consonant notes).
It can portray rasasx like karuṇā (compassion), śānta (tranquil) and śṛṅgāra (romantic) very effectively, just as it can convey the feeling of devotion or bhakti bhāva.
Some of the signature phrases of this rāga are
R G M N, D, P, – D P D M, G M R G2 R, – R, G M P D, P Ṡ, – Ṙ Ṡ Ṙ N, D P, – P D P Ṁ Ġ Ṙ Ġ Ṙ, – Ṙ Ġ Ṁ Ṗ Ṁ Ġ Ṁ Ṙ Ṁ Ġ2 Ṙ Ṡ, – P Ṡ Ṡ N D P, – D P Ṙ, N, D P, – G M N D P M G P M G R M G2 R S, – Ḍ Ṇ M G R G2 R, Ṇ, Ḍ P̣, – Ḍ P̣ R, – R S S Ṇ Ḍ P̣ S,
A few compositions in this rāga are-
Chētah śrī bālakṛṣṇam
Muttuswāmi Dīkṣitar
Akhilāṇḍēśwari
Muttuswāmi Dīkṣitar
Parama maṅgaḷadē
Harikēsanallūr Muttaiah Bhāgavatar
Taruṇi nj̃ān
Maharāja Swāti Tirunāḷ
Rāmachandruḍitaḍu
Tāḷḷapākam Annamāchārya (tuned by Vidwan Nedunuri Krishnamurthy)
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
Audio Links:
- Dr. L Sumbramaniam (violin)
- Sidharth Prakash and Niranjan Dindodi (vocalists)
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