9 vibhaktis?

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sankark
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9 vibhaktis?

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http://www.dinamani.com/margazhi-isai-t ... 599987.ece

அதுமட்டுமல்ல, "நாரி ரீதிகெளளை' ராகத்தில் அமைந்த இந்த சாகித்யம் ஒன்பது நீலோத்பலாம்பா விபக்தி கிருதிகளில் ஒன்று. இந்த ஒன்பது கிருதிகளும் "கெளளை' என்று முடியும் ராகங்களில் ஆனவை. அவற்றில் எட்டுதான் கிடைத்திருக்கின்றன

"Not only that, this sAhityam set to nArirItigowLai is one of the 9 vibhakti kritis, all in rAgams ending with gowLai. Only 8 of them are available"

vibhakti's are only 8, aren't they?

vgovindan
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Re: 9 vibhaktis?

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The following are the eight gauLa kRtis listed in the Book (Tamil) 'Sri Muttuswami Dikshitar Keerthanaigal' by A Sundaram Iyer et al -
1. nIlOtpalAmbA jayati - nArAyaNa gauLa
2. nIlOtpalAmbAm bhajarE - nArIrIti gauLa
3. nIlOtpalAmbikayA nirvana - kannaDa gauLa
4. nIlOtpalAmbikAyai namastE - kEdAra gauLa
5. nIlOtpalAmbikAyAH param - gauLa
6. nIlOtpalAmbikAyAstava - mAyA mALava gauLa
7. nIlOtpalAmbikAyAM bhaktim - pUrva gauLa
8. nIlOtpalAmbikE nitya - chAyA gauLa

IMHO, you may also add the kRti 'SrI nIlOtpala nAyikE - nArI rIti gauLa'

harimau
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Re: 9 vibhaktis?

Post by harimau »

sankark wrote:
vibhakti's are only 8, aren't they?
In Sanskrit, yes, there are only 8 vibhaktis.

harimau
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Re: 9 vibhaktis?

Post by harimau »

vgovindan wrote:The following are the eight gauLa kRtis listed in the Book (Tamil) 'Sri Muttuswami Dikshitar Keerthanaigal' by A Sundaram Iyer et al -
1. nIlOtpalAmbA jayati - nArAyaNa gauLa
2. nIlOtpalAmbAm bhajarE - nArIrIti gauLa
3. nIlOtpalAmbikayA nirvana - kannaDa gauLa
4. nIlOtpalAmbikAyai namastE - kEdAra gauLa
5. nIlOtpalAmbikAyAH param - gauLa
6. nIlOtpalAmbikAyAstava - mAyA mALava gauLa
7. nIlOtpalAmbikAyAM bhaktim - pUrva gauLa
8. nIlOtpalAmbikE nitya - chAyA gauLa

IMHO, you may also add the kRti 'SrI nIlOtpala nAyikE - nArI rIti gauLa'
Two krithis are in the sambodhana Vibhakthi (8th case). Two krithis are in the raga Nari riti gaula but the dwithiya vibhakthi krithi is currently sung in Ritigaula.

narayara000
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Re: 9 vibhaktis?

Post by narayara000 »

Looking at the lyrics of these krithis, I seriously doubt that they are genuine Dikshitar krithis.
They don't follow the prAsam rules of genuine Dikshitar krithis.

Also, some lines have way too many syllabes, while others have not enough syllabes to fill up the talam.

SrI nIlOtpala nAyikE, the odd one out, however, seems to be genuine.

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