Saveri (pronounced sāvēri) is a
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 ...
raga
A ''raga'' or ''raag'' (; also ''raaga'' or ''ragam''; ) is a melodic framework for improvisation in Indian classical music akin to a musical mode, melodic mode. The ''rāga'' is a unique and central feature of the classical Indian music tradit ...
m. This raga is a
janya
''Janya'' is a term meaning "derive". In Carnatic (South Indian) music a ''janya raga'' is one derived from one of the 72 ''melakarta'' ragas (fundamental melodic structures). ''Janya'' ragas are classified into various types based on a varie ...
of the 15th
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 ...
raga
Mayamalavagowla
Mayamalavagowla (pronounced ) is a raga of Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is classified as 15th ''melakarta'' raga under Venkatamakhin's ''melakarta'' system. Originally known as ''malavagowla'', "maya" was pref ...
. This raga brings out
karuna rasa, i.e. it brings mood of compassion.
[''Ragas in Carnatic music'' by Dr. S. Bhagyalekshmy, Pub. 1990, CBH Publications]
Structure and Lakshana
![Mayamalavagowla scale](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Mayamalavagowla_scale.svg)
This ragam is an ''Audava-Sampurna'' ragam (five notes in the ascending scale and seven notes in the descending scale).
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The notes are ''shuddha rishabham, shuddha madhyamam'' and ''shuddha dhaivatam'' in ascending scale and ''kakali nishadam, shuddha dhaivatam, shuddha madhyamam, antara gandharam'' and ''shuddha rishabham'' in descent. The two
swara
Svara or swara (Devanagari: स्वर, generally pronounced as ''swar'') is a Sanskrit word that connotes simultaneously a breath, a vowel, the sound of a musical note corresponding to its name, and the successive steps of the octave or '' ...
s which give the raga such a characteristic are R (Rishabham) and D (Dhaivatham).
Select compositions
*''Sarasuda'', a ''
varnam
Varṇam is a type of composition in the Carnatic music system consisting of short metric pieces which encapsulate the main features (patterns of notes) of a ''raga''. Varnams capture the ''raga bhavam'', ''ranjaka prayogas'' ''visesha sancha ...
'' composed by Kotavasal Venkatarama Iyer, set to ''Adi
tala''
*''Sankari Sankuru'', ''Durusuga'' and ''Janani Natajana'' composed by
Shyama Sastri
Shyama Shastri (; 26 April 1762 – 1827) or Syama Sastri was a musician and composer of Carnatic music.
He was the oldest among the Trinity of Carnatic music, Tyagaraja and Muthuswami Dikshitar being the other two.
Early life and career
Sh ...
*''Bhavayaami Raghuraamam (first raga used in this ragamalika)'', ''Anjaneya Raghuraamam'', ''Paripahi Ganadhipa'', ''Pahimam Sripadmanabha'' and ''Devi Pavane (Navarathri third day krithi)'' by
Maharaja Swathi Thirunal
*''Rama Bana'', ''Tulasi Jagajjanani'' and ''Daridapu Leka'' – Adi Tala composed by
Thyagaraja
Thyagaraja (Telugu: త్యాగరాజ) (4 May 1767 – 6 January 1847), also known as Thyāgayya and in full as Kakarla Thyagabrahmam, was a composer and vocalist of Carnatic music, a form of Indian classical music. Tyagaraja and his ...
*''Kari Kalabha Mukham'' in Tisra Ekam composed by
Muthuswamy 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 ...
*''Sri Rajagopala'' in Adi composed by
Muthuswamy 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 ...
*Etu Namminavo Manasa by
Patnam Subramania Iyer
Patnam Subramania Iyer (1845 – July 31, 1902) was a composer and singer of Carnatic music. Subramaniya Iyer followed the traditions of the great composer Tyagaraja. He has left behind almost one hundred compositions.
Subramaniya Iyer was bor ...
*''Pahimam Girithanaye'' and ''Somapoma'' composed by
Irayimman Thampi
Iravivarman Thampi, better known as Irayimman Thampi (1782 October 12 - 1856 July 29), was an Indian Carnatic musician, music composer and poet from the Kingdom of Travancore. He was a vocalist in the court of Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma, Swathi ...
*''Velayya Daya'' composed by
Koteeswara Iyer
*''Sriramula divyanama'' by
Bhadrachala Ramadasu
Kancharla Gopanna ( te, కంచర్ల గోపన్న) ( – 1688), popularly known as Bhakta Ramadasu or Bhadrachala Ramadasu ( te, భద్రాచల రామదాసు), was a 17th-century devotee of the Hindu god Rama, a sain ...
*''Murugu Muruga'' by
Periyasaamy Thooran
M. P. Periyasaamy Thooran (Tamil: பெரியசாமி தூரன்) (26 September 1908 – 20 January 1987) was a patriot, Tamil poet, teacher, and composer of Carnatic music.
Early life
Periyasamy was born to K. A. Palanivelapp ...
*''Venkataramanane baro'', ''Parakumadade'', ''Barayya Venkataramana'' by
Purandaradasa
Purandara Dasa ( IAST: Purandara dāsa) ( 1470 – 1565) was a Haridasa philosopher and a follower of Madhwacharya 's Dwaitha philosophy -saint from present-day Karnataka, India. He was a composer, singer and one of the chief founding-pro ...
*''Bhasurangi Bale'' and ''Hemopameyaangi'' two padams by
Swathi Thirunal
( ml, സ്വാതി തിരുനാള് രാമവർമ്മ) (16 April 1813 – 26 December 1846) was the Maharaja of the Kingdom of Travancore. He is also considered as a brilliant music composer and is credited with over 40 ...
*''Janakasutha'' a Geetham
* Kapali iruka, muruga Muzhumathi by Papanasam sivan
Related rāgams
This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rāgam.
Scale similarities
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Karnataka Shuddha Saveri
Karnataka Shuddha Saveri is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is an ''audava'' rāgam (or ''owdava'' rāgam, meaning pentatonic scale). It is a ''janya'' rāgam (derived scale), as it does not have a ...
'' is a pentatonic scale which has a symmetric descending scale as the ascending scale, which is same as the ascending scale of ''Saveri'', while ''Saveri'' has a ''
sampurna'' descending scale. Its ' structure is S R1 M1 P D1 S : S D1 P M1 R1 S
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Malahari
Malahari is a Carnatic raga. This raaga is a ''janya'' of the 15th ''Melakarta'' raga Mayamalavagowla. This raga is known to be a morning raga which brings out a sense of calmness.''Raganidhi'' by P. Subba Rao, Pub. 1964, The Music Academy of ...
'' is a ''audava-shadava'' scale (5 notes in ascending and 6 in descending scale) that resembles ''Saveri''.
[''Raganidhi'' by P. Subba Rao, Pub. 1964, The Music Academy of Madras] Its ascending scale has ''shuddha madhyamam'' in place of ''antara gandharam'', while the ''nishadham'' is dropped in descending scale. Its ' structure is S R1 M1 P D1 S : S D1 P M1 G3 R1 S
Notes
References
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Janya ragas