Jayamanōhari is an upāṅga janyai of the 22nd mēḷakartaii Kharaharapriya. It is an auḍava-ṣāḍavaiii rāga. The svarasiv occurring in this rāga are ṣaḍja, chatuśruti riṣabha, sādhāraṇa gāndhāra, śuddha madhyama, chatuśruti dhaivata in ascent. In addition, kaiśiki niṣāda occurs in descentv. Its ārōhaṇavi and avarōhaṇavii are
S R2 G2 M1 D2 Ṡ – Ṡ N2 D2 M1 G2 R2 S.
In Western music notation, if C is taken as the base or tonic note, then the scale is
C D D# F A C – C A# A F D# D C.
Riṣabha and niṣāda are rāgachāyā svarasviii. Riṣabha and dhaivata are nyāsa svarasix. Sa-ma, ri-da, ga-ni are vādi-samvādi svaras (consonant notes).
It is a combination of two Ragas – Abhogi on the ascending scale and SriRanjani on the descending scale. It can portray rasasx like śṛṅgāra (romantic) and 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
G M D Ṡ N D, M, – M D D M G R, G, – G R M G G R S Ṇ, Ḍ, S R, – R G M D Ṡ N, D, – D Ṙ Ṡ Ṙ, N, D, – D Ṡ Ṙ Ġ Ṁ Ṙ, N, D, – M D Ṙ Ṡ N D M, – R G M D Ṡ, – M D Ṡ Ṙ, Ġ Ṁ, Ṙ, – Ṙ Ġ Ṁ, Ṡ, – N D M D Ṙ Ṡ N D M, – M D N D M G R, – G R S Ṇ, Ḍ, S,
A few compositions in this rāga are-
Nī bhakti bhāgya sudha
Tyāgarāja
Śrī ramya chittālaṅkāra
Tyāgarāja
Yajñādulu
Tyāgarāja
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
Web Links
- Sandhya Anand (vocal)
- Ramakrishnan Murthy (vocal)
A recording of Sudha Ragunathan performing Raga Jayamanohari.
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