Nasikabhushani (pronounced ) 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 ...

m in

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

(musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 70th ''

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 generated. A ''melak ...

'' rāgam in the 72 ''melakarta'' rāgam system of Carnatic music. It is called in

Muthuswami Dikshitar Muthuswami Dikshitar (Mudduswamy Dikshitar)(, 24 March 1776 – 21 October 1835), mononymously Dikshitar, was a South Indian poet, singer and veena player, and a legendary composer of Indian classical music, who is considered one of the musical ...

school of Carnatic music.''Sri Muthuswami Dikshitar Keertanaigal'' by Vidwan A Sundaram Iyer, Pub. 1989, Music Book Publishers, Mylapore, Chennai''Ragas in Carnatic music'' by Dr. S. Bhagyalekshmy, Pub. 1990, CBH Publications''Raganidhi'' by P. Subba Rao, Pub. 1964, The Music Academy of Madras

Structure and Lakshana

''Nasikabhushani'' is the 4th rāgam in the 12th ''chakra Aditya''. The mnemonic name is ''Aditya-Bhu''. The mnemonic phrase is ''sa ru gu mi pa dhi ni''. ''Nasikabhushani's'' structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows: * : * : The notes used in this scale are ''shatsruthi rishabham, antara gandharam, prati madhyamam, chathusruthi dhaivatham, kaisiki nishadham''. See ''swaras'' in Carnatic music for details on above notation and terms. ''Nasikabhushani'' is a ''melakarta'' rāgam and hence by definition it is a ''sampoorna'' rāgam (that is, it has all seven notes in ascending and descending scale). It is the ''prati madhyamam'' equivalent of ''

Vagadheeswari Vagadheeswari (pronounced vāgadheeśwari) is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 34th ''melakarta'' rāgam (parent scale) in the 72 ''melakarta'' rāgam system of Carnatic music. It is called Bhog ...

'', which is the 34th ''melakarta'' rāgam.

''Janya'' rāgams

''Nasikabhushani'' has a couple of minor '' janya'' rāgams (derived scales) associated with it. See List of ''Janya'' rāgams for full list of rāgams associated with it and other ''melakarta''.

Compositions

A few compositions set to ''Nasikabhushani'' rāgam are: *''Maravairi ramani'' by Thyagaraja *''Thandarul ayya'' by Koteeswara Iyer *''Srirama Saraswathi'' by

*''Adigalige Vandipe'' by

Vijaya Dasa Vijaya Dasa ( kn, ವಿಜಯದಾಸ) (c. 1682– c. 1755) was a prominent saint from the Haridasa tradition of Karnataka, India in the 18th century, and a scholar of the Dvaita philosophical tradition. Along with contemporary haridasa saint ...

*''Ambikām Upāseham'' by

Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna (6 July 1930 – 22 November 2016) was an Indian Carnatic vocalist, musician, multi-instrumentalist, playback singer, composer, and character actor. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in ...

Film Songs

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Related rāgams

This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rāgam. ''Nasikabhushani's'' notes when shifted using ''

Graha bhedam ''Graha Bhedam'' in Carnatic music is the process (or result of the process) of shifting the Tonic note (''śruti'') to another note in the rāgam and arriving at a different rāgam. Its equivalent in Hindustani classical music is called a ''mur ...

'' from the ''dhaivatham'' (D2), yields another minor ''melakarta'' rāgam ''

Shadvidamargini Shadvidamargini (pronounced , meaning ''the one with the road to a hundred forms of knowledge'') is a ragam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 46th '' melakarta'' rāgam (parent scale) in the 72 ''mela ...

''. ''Graha bhedam'' is the step taken in keeping the relative note frequencies same, while shifting the ''shadjam'' to the next note in the rāgam. Nasikabhushani corresponds to Hungarian major scale in Western music.

Notes

References

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