Mutthuswamy Dikshithar (Krithis)
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Kiran, here's something for you.
First, a rendition of Sri Ramam by Chittoor Subramnia Pillai preceded by a short Narayanagaula sketch!
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The SSI trademark rendition
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Two more renditions of the kriti
1) BVR / BVL : [rapidshare links deleted]
2) Yesudas : [rapidshare links deleted]
First, a rendition of Sri Ramam by Chittoor Subramnia Pillai preceded by a short Narayanagaula sketch!
[rapidshare links deleted]
The SSI trademark rendition
[rapidshare links deleted]
Two more renditions of the kriti
1) BVR / BVL : [rapidshare links deleted]
2) Yesudas : [rapidshare links deleted]
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Kiran,
Dont loose heart. Here is the song you wanted of Sowmya
http://rapidshare.de/files/12275223/sow ... am.rm.html
--Rigapada
Dont loose heart. Here is the song you wanted of Sowmya
http://rapidshare.de/files/12275223/sow ... am.rm.html
--Rigapada
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I was going through this krithi of MD - Kari Kalabha Mukham. Can somebody kindly clarify the meaning of Kalabha? AFAIK I know it means elephant, but even kari also means elephant. Therefore, why has MD used two different words (Kari and Kalabha) that have the same meaning? Or does Kalabha mean something else? In Kerala they use this word for sandal paste. Clarification requested on this. Many thanks.
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MLV AIR concert featuring Muthusamy Dikshitar
kritis uploaded is rasikapriya group by Goutam Iyer:
Song list is as follows-
EkadanthamBhajeham-Bilahari
SarasaDalanayana-Khamas
Paradhaivatham-Dhanyasi
EkantharaNadam-Purvikalyani
Chandrashekharan-Margahindolam
JambupatheMaampahi-Yamunakalyani
SriVishwanatham-Ragamalika
kritis uploaded is rasikapriya group by Goutam Iyer:
Song list is as follows-
EkadanthamBhajeham-Bilahari
SarasaDalanayana-Khamas
Paradhaivatham-Dhanyasi
EkantharaNadam-Purvikalyani
Chandrashekharan-Margahindolam
JambupatheMaampahi-Yamunakalyani
SriVishwanatham-Ragamalika
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IN my experience Dikshithar sounds like the perfect composer. He hasn't compromised on anything. His sanskrit is flawless, he hasn't included his own ideas anywhere. Whatever he has written has been supported by some or the other sruthi..i.e vedas or sasthra or some work. His raga formation in kritis are amazing.
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I have always been fascinated by Dikshithars way of writing groups of songs and this is an exemplary set of kritis. So leading to vinayak chathurthi, I though of writing about these kritis.
Here is the list of 16 kritis.
1. Uchishta Ganapathou Kashiramakriya Adhi.
2. Gananayagam Rudrapriya Adhi
3. Ganarajena Arabhi M.Chapu
4. Ganeshakumara Jenjhuti C.Ekam
5. Panchamaathanga Malahari Rupakam
6. Mahaganapathim Nattai C.Ekam
7. Mahaganapathim Thodi Rupakam
8. Mahaganpathe Natanarayani Adhi
9. Vallabha Nayakasya Begada Rupakam
10. Vatapi Ganapathim Hamsadhwani Adhi
11. Siddhi Vinayagam Shanmugapriya Rupakam
12. Hasthi Vadhanayam Navaroj M.Chapu
13. Sri Mahaganapathim Gowlai M.Chapu
14. Sri Mooladhara Sri Adhi
15. Vigneshwaram Malahari Adhi
16. Herambhaya Atana Rupakam
I shall start writing shortly, an explanation for each kriti in connection with each form of ganapathy. I shall begin tonite.
Here is the list of 16 kritis.
1. Uchishta Ganapathou Kashiramakriya Adhi.
2. Gananayagam Rudrapriya Adhi
3. Ganarajena Arabhi M.Chapu
4. Ganeshakumara Jenjhuti C.Ekam
5. Panchamaathanga Malahari Rupakam
6. Mahaganapathim Nattai C.Ekam
7. Mahaganapathim Thodi Rupakam
8. Mahaganpathe Natanarayani Adhi
9. Vallabha Nayakasya Begada Rupakam
10. Vatapi Ganapathim Hamsadhwani Adhi
11. Siddhi Vinayagam Shanmugapriya Rupakam
12. Hasthi Vadhanayam Navaroj M.Chapu
13. Sri Mahaganapathim Gowlai M.Chapu
14. Sri Mooladhara Sri Adhi
15. Vigneshwaram Malahari Adhi
16. Herambhaya Atana Rupakam
I shall start writing shortly, an explanation for each kriti in connection with each form of ganapathy. I shall begin tonite.
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Me attempting to write about Dikshithar kritis is like a cat trying to sip and drink off the entire paarkadal or like a fisherman trying to come around the world in his small catamaran. I shall try my best to accomodate to the best of my knowledge. Please help me get better.
Lets look in to the kriti on first shodasa Ganapathy which is Sumukhar. There are a few confusions about this. There are two kritis for Sumukhar, that I have observed in the 16 and there is no kriti for Ekadanthar(Ekadantham bhajeham is not a part of shodasa ganapthy kritis. That was written in Madurai). So some investigation has to go on. However lets look into the first kriti. Im presuming that this is the first kriti because of Sumukar. If I am wrong, pls correct me.
Raga: rudrapriya / Tala: Adi
P: gaNanAyakam bhajEham bhajE kamalEsha nutam kAmaripu sutam
A: aNimAdi siddhi dAyakam sumukham
C: vANIramaNAnandam varadam vadanEdviradam vara bAla guruguham
Pallavi
gaNanAyakam bhajEham bhajE kamalEsha nutam kAmaripu sutam
Simple and straight forward in the second vibhakthi. Pls pray to the glory of Gananaayaka - The lord of the universe..The term Gana has two implications. It could mean people as in subjects of a kingdom or the celestial bodies..like boodha ganangal. Both ways, the name suits Pillayar. Kamalesha-nutham means the one praised by the lord of Kamala...Kamala can be interpreted as Mahalakshmi based on her connection with lotus and her lord is Vishnu. Kamaripu sutham is a
wonderful usage. Shiva is the enemy of Kaama as he had burnt him alive. However, I am a bit surprised by dikshithar's mention of Kamaripu in a song in connection with Vinayaga instead of Muruga as Muruga was the one who emerged out of the entire episode. Anyways, the term means the son of the enemy of Manmadha who is Lord Shiva.
Anu pallavi
aNimAdi siddhi dAyakam sumukham
This is a brilliant expression to begin with. Animadi siddhi talks about 8 siddhis that a man can master. Any diety who can give moksha can give these siddhis and as per sruthi, five dieties alone can give u moksha - Adityam Ambikam Ganapathim vishnum Maheshvaram are those five dieties. And in many songs dikshitar has mentioned animadi siddhi pradham etc.
Lets look at those siddhis
Anima - To turn so small like an atom with in a second
Mahima - To turn as big as a mountain to touch the moon in a second
Laghvi - to be as light as a feather
Garima - To be as heavy as a mountain
Prapthi - To take some other form as per ur wish.
Eshithvam - to gain enough power to control even devas
Praakamyam - To get what you desire for.
Vashithvam - To rule over the 14 worlds.
Dikshithar says, Vinayaga as sumukha can grant you all these eight siddhis. And calls Vinayaga as Sumukham. Su-Mukham means beautiful faced. He admires the beauty of the elephant face. And one more interpretation is that in sanskrit, you say mukham even to refer to a person's mouth. So you can say good-mouthed as well. I haven't elaborated on this term though it involves beautiful mythological stories as to how Vinayaga got his elephant face.
Charanam
vANIramaNAnandam varadam vadanEdviradam vara bAla guruguham
Vaniramanaanandam means, the one who makes the lord of Saraswathy happy. He says Brahm adores Vinayaga. However, there is another interpretation for this. Vaniramana means Brahma, so we can calls this as Brahmanandam and Brahmanandam is nothing but moksha. So he says vinayaga is the form of Moksha. Varadam means the one who grants boons.Vadanedviradam means the elephant faced supremo. Vara Baala guruguham means the one who is present with muruga as a child.
I have tried to capture the meaning, with including some details to the best of my knowledge. We can write pages more about even this small kriti. But due to obvious reasons. I stop here. I shall continue writing with the next kriti shortly. Please let me know your views and most of all - Please gimme a shout if I am wrong somewhere. - Klimkaaran
Lets look in to the kriti on first shodasa Ganapathy which is Sumukhar. There are a few confusions about this. There are two kritis for Sumukhar, that I have observed in the 16 and there is no kriti for Ekadanthar(Ekadantham bhajeham is not a part of shodasa ganapthy kritis. That was written in Madurai). So some investigation has to go on. However lets look into the first kriti. Im presuming that this is the first kriti because of Sumukar. If I am wrong, pls correct me.
Raga: rudrapriya / Tala: Adi
P: gaNanAyakam bhajEham bhajE kamalEsha nutam kAmaripu sutam
A: aNimAdi siddhi dAyakam sumukham
C: vANIramaNAnandam varadam vadanEdviradam vara bAla guruguham
Pallavi
gaNanAyakam bhajEham bhajE kamalEsha nutam kAmaripu sutam
Simple and straight forward in the second vibhakthi. Pls pray to the glory of Gananaayaka - The lord of the universe..The term Gana has two implications. It could mean people as in subjects of a kingdom or the celestial bodies..like boodha ganangal. Both ways, the name suits Pillayar. Kamalesha-nutham means the one praised by the lord of Kamala...Kamala can be interpreted as Mahalakshmi based on her connection with lotus and her lord is Vishnu. Kamaripu sutham is a
wonderful usage. Shiva is the enemy of Kaama as he had burnt him alive. However, I am a bit surprised by dikshithar's mention of Kamaripu in a song in connection with Vinayaga instead of Muruga as Muruga was the one who emerged out of the entire episode. Anyways, the term means the son of the enemy of Manmadha who is Lord Shiva.
Anu pallavi
aNimAdi siddhi dAyakam sumukham
This is a brilliant expression to begin with. Animadi siddhi talks about 8 siddhis that a man can master. Any diety who can give moksha can give these siddhis and as per sruthi, five dieties alone can give u moksha - Adityam Ambikam Ganapathim vishnum Maheshvaram are those five dieties. And in many songs dikshitar has mentioned animadi siddhi pradham etc.
Lets look at those siddhis
Anima - To turn so small like an atom with in a second
Mahima - To turn as big as a mountain to touch the moon in a second
Laghvi - to be as light as a feather
Garima - To be as heavy as a mountain
Prapthi - To take some other form as per ur wish.
Eshithvam - to gain enough power to control even devas
Praakamyam - To get what you desire for.
Vashithvam - To rule over the 14 worlds.
Dikshithar says, Vinayaga as sumukha can grant you all these eight siddhis. And calls Vinayaga as Sumukham. Su-Mukham means beautiful faced. He admires the beauty of the elephant face. And one more interpretation is that in sanskrit, you say mukham even to refer to a person's mouth. So you can say good-mouthed as well. I haven't elaborated on this term though it involves beautiful mythological stories as to how Vinayaga got his elephant face.
Charanam
vANIramaNAnandam varadam vadanEdviradam vara bAla guruguham
Vaniramanaanandam means, the one who makes the lord of Saraswathy happy. He says Brahm adores Vinayaga. However, there is another interpretation for this. Vaniramana means Brahma, so we can calls this as Brahmanandam and Brahmanandam is nothing but moksha. So he says vinayaga is the form of Moksha. Varadam means the one who grants boons.Vadanedviradam means the elephant faced supremo. Vara Baala guruguham means the one who is present with muruga as a child.
I have tried to capture the meaning, with including some details to the best of my knowledge. We can write pages more about even this small kriti. But due to obvious reasons. I stop here. I shall continue writing with the next kriti shortly. Please let me know your views and most of all - Please gimme a shout if I am wrong somewhere. - Klimkaaran
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http://www.sangeethamshare.org/dikshith ... 8b21426e17
There is mention here of MSD's 'vivAdi mELa k.rtis on Tanjore B.rhadIshvara/brihannAyaki'
(under the fist section 'Group Krithis of Dikshitar')
Is there a listing of these kritis available with someone?
There is mention here of MSD's 'vivAdi mELa k.rtis on Tanjore B.rhadIshvara/brihannAyaki'
(under the fist section 'Group Krithis of Dikshitar')
Is there a listing of these kritis available with someone?
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MD kRti 'Sri AbhayAmba' - Sri Raga - contains a combination of Sanskrit - Telugu and Tamil words (Dikshita Kriti Muktavali - by KN Srinivasan)
Sri AbhayAmba ninnu cintincina vAriki
indak kavalaiyellAm tIrumammA
hE abhayakarE varE ISvari kRpatOnu
endanai rakShikka idu nalla samayammA
nI atyadbhuta Subha guNamulu vini
nIvE dikkani nera nammiti
nIrajAkShi nija rUpa sAkShi
nityAnanda guru guha kaTAkShi rakShi
How come such a mixture and Tamil and Telugu words have been used? Is there any background to it?
Sri AbhayAmba ninnu cintincina vAriki
indak kavalaiyellAm tIrumammA
hE abhayakarE varE ISvari kRpatOnu
endanai rakShikka idu nalla samayammA
nI atyadbhuta Subha guNamulu vini
nIvE dikkani nera nammiti
nIrajAkShi nija rUpa sAkShi
nityAnanda guru guha kaTAkShi rakShi
How come such a mixture and Tamil and Telugu words have been used? Is there any background to it?
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Govindan -
this article may shed some light on your question:
http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/54 ... rthana.htm
"Musicologists like B.M.Sundaram claim that this is actually a kriti of Tiruvarur Ramaswami Pillai, a disciple of Ramaswami Dikshitar. This would also explain the use of Telugu - a language that Muttuswami Dikshitar never composed any kriti-s in. (There are a couple of instances of Telugu words appearing in his Manipravala kriti-s like sri abhayamba in sri raga)."
this article may shed some light on your question:
http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/54 ... rthana.htm
"Musicologists like B.M.Sundaram claim that this is actually a kriti of Tiruvarur Ramaswami Pillai, a disciple of Ramaswami Dikshitar. This would also explain the use of Telugu - a language that Muttuswami Dikshitar never composed any kriti-s in. (There are a couple of instances of Telugu words appearing in his Manipravala kriti-s like sri abhayamba in sri raga)."
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Came across this link today. There is a talk by Prof S K Ramachandrarao about spiritual significance of panchalinga kRtis in kannaDa.
http://www.ananyaculture.org/sangeetha.php
-Ramakriya
http://www.ananyaculture.org/sangeetha.php
-Ramakriya
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What Meena aswered was about the guruguha mudra. IIRC, even the kRti in nabhOmaNi also does not have the composer's mudre.shripathi_g wrote:Ok, then the raga names must be different. I'm not able to find them in the Navagraha krithis.
As for as the rAga mudre, there are many kRtis without the rAga mudre.
In the navagraha kRtis, sUryamUrtE has sUchita rAga mudre as sourAShTArNa mantrAtmanE
In the (disputed) mahAsuram kEtumaham in the phrase guruguhacAmarabharaNaM
-Ramakriya
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The number 235 may be correct - but 99% is definitely not, given that there are at least 20 kritis in tODi and ShankarAbharaNa alone.meena wrote:from PPNji MD kriti statistics:
Raga Mudra (including suchitha) (indicative) featured in 235 krithis (99.79%).
None of the sankarAbharanaM and toDi krithis feature raga mudra, except the former in one ragamalika line.
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meena,
sadAsivam upAsmahE does have the rAga mudra shanakarAbaraNAm.
The madhyama kAlam of the caraNam goes as.
purANa purusham purAntakam sankarAbharaNa bhAsamAna dEham
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ramakriya,
SSP lists only one kriti in tODi, 'kamalAmbikE' and 5 kritis in shankarAbaraNam, sadAsivam upAsmahE, akshaya linga vibhO, dakshiNAmurtE, nAgalingam, srI kamalAmbikAyA.
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sadAsivam upAsmahE does have the rAga mudra shanakarAbaraNAm.
The madhyama kAlam of the caraNam goes as.
purANa purusham purAntakam sankarAbharaNa bhAsamAna dEham
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ramakriya,
SSP lists only one kriti in tODi, 'kamalAmbikE' and 5 kritis in shankarAbaraNam, sadAsivam upAsmahE, akshaya linga vibhO, dakshiNAmurtE, nAgalingam, srI kamalAmbikAyA.
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There are only two maNipravALa kritis of MD. One is "venkaTAcalapatE' as mentioned above and the other is "srI abhayAmbhA" in srI rAgam. No individual Telugu or Thamizh compositions.
rUpamu jUci in tODi is another Telugu composition attributed to MD but was composed by Ramaswami Dikshitar.
rUpamu jUci in tODi is another Telugu composition attributed to MD but was composed by Ramaswami Dikshitar.
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