Yamuna Kalyani / Yaman Kalyani

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Unnykrish
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Yamuna Kalyani / Yaman Kalyani

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Dear All …. A small clarification needed. We saw names like Kalyani, Yamuna Kalyani and Yaman Kalyai …. What I understood is Kalyani is the Melakartha (Mechkalyani) .. with S R2 G3 M2 P D2 N3 S … S N3 D2 P M2 G3 R2 S as the aarohana and avarohana
Till this time, I thought that Yamuna Kalyani and Yaman Kalyani are the same. But I referred in a site as YAMUNA Kalyani - S R2 G3 P M2 P D2 S …. S D2 P M2 P G3 R2 S
YAMAN Kalyani - S R2 G3 M2 P D2 N3 S …. S N3 D2 P M2 G3 M1 G3 R2 S ...

Please advise me on this

Cheerz
Unni ;)

Lakshman
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Re: Yamuna Kalyani / Yaman Kalyani

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The hindustani rAgA yamankalyAN has the following scale:
S R G M* P D N S* / S* N D P M* G M G R S
In karnatak music there are two scales given for yamunAkalyANi:

Type 1: S R G P M* P D S / S D P M* P G R S
Type 2: has the same scale as the hindustani rAgA.
The above info is from the book Raganidhi.

Unnykrish
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Re: Yamuna Kalyani / Yaman Kalyani

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Thanks Sir. Its someitmes difficult to identify between Kalyani and Yamuna Kalyani ... i mean in Film songs

KKishore
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Re: Yamuna Kalyani / Yaman Kalyani

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I hope i am using relevant thread here for my query. Since i am new to this site please excuse me or point to me right one if wrong. My query is: Could someone if know post the sahitya or lyrics for a Bhajan type of song i heard on Goddess Saraswathi or Devi that starts with "Vani Mani Mathe" set to Yamuna Kalyani ragam .it is in praise of Devi in general i think and has in between lines. "Jai jagadambe Jai jagadambe.." . i could get only partial lyric elsewhere so asking..thx

Lakshman
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Re: Yamuna Kalyani / Yaman Kalyani

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vANi maNi mAtE vINA drDha hastE gAnamrta lOlE vAgIshvari mAtE
nIlOtpala nEtrE shObhA paripUrNE rAjEshvari rAdhE rAjEshvari vandE
OmkAra sharIra pAshAnkushapANE kAlAntana jAlE kALishvari vandE
jai jagadambE jai jagadambE jai jagadambE jai jai mA

KKishore
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Re: Yamuna Kalyani / Yaman Kalyani

Post by KKishore »

Thanks Lakshman ji. except for the line "syame shube rupe, shokha maya heene,
kali karunatre, kameshvari vande" which i got elsewhere in partial, now i have full i think. thx again

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