Ahiri

[rbharath]

another very interesting composition in Ahiri is the 13th Ashtapadi of Jayadeva which starts as katita samayE

[ajaysimha]

this one of the ancient ragas that has survived till date.

i have heard the pasuram "oorile kaani illai" on ahiri, it is 100% apt and does justice to bhava of sahithya.

when i hear this raga, i feel its similar to oppAri genre of tamizh isai, could any one clarify on this?

[RSR]

this one of the ancient ragas that has survived till date.

i have heard the pasuram "oorile kaani illai" on ahiri, it is 100% apt and does justice to bhava of sahithya.

when i hear this raga, i feel its similar to oppAri genre of tamizh isai, could any one clarify on this?

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Are you referring to 'vaNdinam muralum soalai ' paasuram?
https://sites.google.com/site/homage2ms ... alum-soali

[SrinathK]

another very interesting composition in Ahiri is the 13th Ashtapadi of Jayadeva which starts as katita samayE

Here it is, sung by Smt. Rajasree Arvind (disciple of Vedavalli mami? Sounds so much like her) from her own Youtube channel : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZhso1jEaLY

[ajaysimha]

Are you referring to 'vaNdinam muralum soalai ' paasuram?
https://sites.google.com/site/homage2ms ... alum-soali

yes, i was referring to this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMkcktQtEnA
Oorilen - Ahiri Rupakam · Subhashini Parthasarathy
Rangamalika Album
Composer: Tondaradipodi Azwar

where in MS Amma has sung it in Thodi

[SrinathK]

The padam in Ahiri, mOsamAye gadavE, a composition of kshEtragna by Brinda and Mukta here :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F08_msSQgm4#t=1h27m56s

[ajaysimha]

here is a raga demonstration by sri neyveli santanagopalan https://youtu.be/Oy5tfCTOxSk (a must watch !)
can any one verify the line (kadalAhiri konde kannai kanda pinbu) sung by NS is from any composition ?

[sam]

Sri Kamalamba Jayati
- Ahiri -
Dr. Jayanthi Kumaresh .

https://youtu.be/cXo6ifNXp4g?si=yUUCjw_4GBsP5ENB
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Ragam: Ahiri (14th melakartha Vakulabharanam janyam)
Arohanam: S R1 M1 G3 M1 P D1 N2 Ṡ (also S R1 S G3 M1 P D1 N2 Ṡ)
Avarohaṇam : Ṡ N2 D1 P M1 G3 R1 S

[sam]

THYAGARAJA SWAMI
1
Adaya Sriraghu
Ahiri-
Alathur Brothers
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https://youtu.be/C2F-Y2Z71ko?si=rc6pAaarwak7tczL.
Lyrics:
pallavi

Adaya shrI raghuvara nEDEla rAdaya O dayAmbudhi nIk-

anupallavi

mOdamutO sadbhakti marmamunu bOdhana jEsi sadA brOcina nIk-

caraNam

ninnu tiTTikoTTi himsa beTTina danniyu nannana lEdA? ennarAni nindala
tAlumani mannimcaga lEdA? annamu tAmbUla mosagi dEhamu minna
jEya lEdA? kannatalli taNDri mEmanucu tyAgarAjuniki baravasa mI lEdA nIk-

O Lord SrI raghuvara! O Ocean of Compassion!

Why wouldn’t You have that compassion today?
You always protected me happily by imparting the secret of true devotion.

Didn’t You say “all the violence – verbal and physical - perpetrated on you, amounts to doing unto Me”?
Didn’t You commend me to forbear abuses, no matter what happens?
Didn’t You make my body glitter by offering food and betel leaves?
Didn’t You make this tyAgarAja ecstatic by consoling “We are your parents”?

Why wouldn’t You have that compassion today?


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challarē rāma chandruni pai pūla

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MS SUBBULAKSHMI
https://youtu.be/_fgnDCNbOqc?si=FlnwFPLuyhoJHbX5.

THYAGA RAJA KRITI

challarē rāma chandruni pai pūla

sompaina manasutōnimpaina baṅgāru
gampalatō mañchi champakamulanu (challarē)

amita parākrama dhyu-maṇi kulārṇava
vimala chandrunipai hṛt-kumuda sumamula (challarē)

enna rāni janana maraṇamulu lēkuṇḍa
manasāra tyāgarāja nutuni paini pūla (challarē)

Let us shower flowers on Lord Sri Ramachandra.
Let us, with a joyous mind, shower beautiful
golden baskets full of
nice campaka flowers on Lord Sri Ramachandra.
Let us shower the lotus flowers of our hearts on the Lord Sri Ramachandra --the infinitely mighty --
the spotless moon born
in the ocean of the Solar --Sun - jewel of the sky - dynasty.
Let us shower flowers,
with our whole heart, on the Lord Sri Ramachandra -- praised by this Thyagaraja - so that we may be without countless births and deaths.
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[sam]

Sri Muthuswamy Dikshitar"

Kusumakara Vimanarudam
Ahiri
Prema Rangarajan

Smt.Prema Rangarajan rendering "
Kusumakara Vimanarudam "
Krithi, a Composition of Sri Muthuswamy D
ikshitar , Ahiri Ragam, Rupakam Talam.


Dikshitar apart from kamalambal Navavaranam, thyagaraja vibhkthi and Neelothpalamba Vibhakthi kruthi has composed on the same and various deitities of temple in Tiruvarur.
This one on Ambal like any other Dikshitar kruthi , one will find his stamp in language and content and highly appealing in the raga in which it has been set
pallavi
kusumAkara vimAna-ArUDhAM
kunda mukuLa radanAM vandE-ahaM
anupallavi
bhAsamAna kAma-ISvara-AnandAM
bhakta jana-Adi mangaLa pradAM
vasu kONa daSAra pITha sthitAM
vArija lOcanAM para dEvatAm
caraNam
vAsudEva nuta vIthi viTankAM
vANI-ISa vandita vara SAkAM
vAsava-Adi guru guha santOshAM
vicitra vIthi pravESa vEshAm
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[sam]

Syama Sastry

composed one krithi in this raga and that has been a favorite of many musicians.
The main rasa in Syama Sastry’s krithis is the karunya rasa and when he takes up a karunya rasa pradhana ragam like Ahiri, you must expect magic and you get in the form of ‘mayamma

....
DK Pattammal-
Mayamma-
Ahiri-
Shyama Sastri" .
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https://youtu.be/FIvIfMeRiyA?si=R8Ose5eXvFJW107h
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MS Subbulakshmi -
Mayamma Yani-
Ahiri-
-Shyama Shastry" .

.https://youtu.be/WQ0aEThXLeY?si=xWMfefx7NwYsEAh8

[sam]

Ranjani Gayatri -
Shri kamalAmbA jayati --
Ahiri - rUpakaM (2 kaLai) --
dIkShitar"
https://youtu.be/gNdo2yqoXT0?si=y7IVSyvxd4Yb7k7g