Mutthuswamy Dikshithar (Krithis)

kiransurya · Post by **kiransurya** » 31 Jan 2006, 13:53

Thank you meena

kiransurya · Post by **kiransurya** » 31 Jan 2006, 16:04

Meena!
Iam afraid this file is not working. My real player says that its corrupt. Can I possibly have it in MP3 format

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 31 Jan 2006, 16:09

its working fine for me kiransurya.

kiransurya · Post by **kiransurya** » 31 Jan 2006, 16:52

Thank you. Will check again

Rigapada · Post by **Rigapada** » 31 Jan 2006, 22:22

Dear Kiran,
the file is only a few bytes. If you are on line and your realplayer is on, then the song will be downloaded and played in real time. This is similar to the files you uploaded in Geetham, which are only a few bytes each.
--Rigapada

kiransurya · Post by **kiransurya** » 31 Jan 2006, 22:51

Right then I give up. Because, My internet doesnt allow me to do that.

abadri · Post by **abadri** » 01 Feb 2006, 03:08

Kiran, here's something for you.

First, a rendition of Sri Ramam by Chittoor Subramnia Pillai preceded by a short Narayanagaula sketch!
[rapidshare links deleted]

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]

Rigapada · Post by **Rigapada** » 01 Feb 2006, 06:12

Kiran,
Dont loose heart. Here is the song you wanted of Sowmya

http://rapidshare.de/files/12275223/sow ... am.rm.html

--Rigapada

kiransurya · Post by **kiransurya** » 01 Feb 2006, 14:07

Hi RiGaPaDa
Thank you. Thats a feast. U R a Star...

darshan · Post by **darshan** » 17 Feb 2006, 19:23

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.

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 17 Feb 2006, 19:26

kalabha means calf(of elephant). Hence He is addressed as One with the face of an elephant-calf! What a tender form of address!

kaumaaram · Post by **kaumaaram** » 23 May 2006, 15:05

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

Vocalist · Post by **Vocalist** » 23 May 2006, 17:26

Alternatively, the link to the concert is on Sangeethapriya message boards...

thathwamasi · Post by **thathwamasi** » 17 Aug 2006, 11:45

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.

thathwamasi · Post by **thathwamasi** » 17 Aug 2006, 11:47

Dikshithar's poetic abilities are simply superb. In the begada kriti srimataha shivavaamankhe, he describes ambal as "Himadri Jamaadru Jamboopathi Sahithe", means "the consort of jamboopathy who is the son-in-law of the King of mountains." I was stunned at his description.

klimkaaran · Post by **klimkaaran** » 21 Aug 2006, 13:40

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.

Vocalist · Post by **Vocalist** » 21 Aug 2006, 15:43

Thanks in advance klimkaaran. Looking forward to it.

klimkaaran · Post by **klimkaaran** » 22 Aug 2006, 01:16

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

Vocalist · Post by **Vocalist** » 22 Aug 2006, 12:25

A very nice commentary klimkaaran. I'd have liked the idea of a little more, but it's informative, easy to understand and great as it is. Other than the typos, from what I skimmed through, I think it's right...

muthupattar · Post by **muthupattar** » 29 Aug 2006, 20:11

Hi

Do anybody have copy of Muthuswami Dikshitar by TLVenkitarama Iyer published by NBT. Seems the books is out of print now..If there is no copyright violation, can anybody upload the book...thanks in advance

meena · Post by **meena** » 29 Aug 2006, 23:04

book title is: Muthuswami Dikshitar. By T. L. Venkatarama Iyer. National Book trust, India. New Delhi. 1968.

ranjani33 · Post by **ranjani33** » 30 Aug 2006, 16:20

please clarify whether the composition "Lambhodharaaya namasthe Sri" in Varali is a part of Shodasa Ganapathi Krithi....

venkatpv · Post by **venkatpv** » 29 Sep 2006, 06:31

there was an article on sangeetham about the different raga mudras used by MD... if anybody has saved that article, please please upload it. TIA

meena · Post by **meena** » 29 Sep 2006, 09:57

venkat
do u have a new email account now? ur rediffmail.com email bounced back. Email me.

jayaram · Post by **jayaram** » 19 Feb 2007, 00:25

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?

meena · Post by **meena** » 19 Feb 2007, 01:47

vgvindan · Post by **vgvindan** » 23 Feb 2007, 11:54

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?

jayaram · Post by **jayaram** » 23 Feb 2007, 17:22

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)."

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 23 Feb 2007, 17:46

I thought Nee Sati in Sriranjani was a Telugu krithi of MD's

vgvindan · Post by **vgvindan** » 23 Feb 2007, 19:30

jayaram,
Thanks.

ramakriya · Post by **ramakriya** » 03 Mar 2007, 05:29

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

shripathi_g · Post by **shripathi_g** » 02 May 2007, 23:49

Did Dikshithar include the raga mudra in all his krithis?

mahakavi · Post by **mahakavi** » 03 May 2007, 00:26

Yes, as far as I know.

meena · Post by **meena** » 03 May 2007, 00:36

Nope not all, except for one kriti it does not carry MD's mudra.
Acc. to Sree PPNji post/article , ni sati daivamu-sriranjani does not carry MD's mudra

shripathi_g · Post by **shripathi_g** » 03 May 2007, 00:40

Ok, then the raga names must be different. I'm not able to find them in the Navagraha krithis.

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 03 May 2007, 00:45

Shripathi- the rAgamudre does not figure in all compositions of MD. There are a substantial number without it.

ramakriya · Post by **ramakriya** » 03 May 2007, 00:47

shripathi_g wrote:Ok, then the raga names must be different. I'm not able to find them in the Navagraha krithis.

What Meena aswered was about the guruguha mudra. IIRC, even the kRti in nabhOmaNi also does not have the composer's mudre.

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

meena · Post by **meena** » 03 May 2007, 00:49

oh raga mudra.
Sorry pl. ignore my post.

meena · Post by **meena** » 03 May 2007, 00:52

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.

ramakriya · Post by **ramakriya** » 03 May 2007, 00:57

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.

The number 235 may be correct - but 99% is definitely not, given that there are at least 20 kritis in tODi and ShankarAbharaNa alone.

-Ramakriya

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 03 May 2007, 00:59

ramakriya wrote:In the navagraha kRtis, sUryamUrtE has sUchita rAga mudre as sourAShTArNa mantrAtmanE

That is not sUcita. That is Suddhamudre. Minor variations are perfectly ok.

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 03 May 2007, 01:00

No. of MD kRtis in SSP are 235 (IIRC). But there are 400 and odd kRtis of MD known (some disputed but not all). A very substantial no. as I said before, do not have the rAgamudre.

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 03 May 2007, 11:20

meena,
sadAsivam upAsmahE does have the rAga mudra shanakarAbaraNAm.

The madhyama kAlam of the caraNam goes as.

purANa purusham purAntakam sankarAbharaNa bhAsamAna dEham

----

ramakriya,
SSP lists only one kriti in tODi, 'kamalAmbikE' and 5 kritis in shankarAbaraNam, sadAsivam upAsmahE, akshaya linga vibhO, dakshiNAmurtE, nAgalingam, srI kamalAmbikAyA.

---

chetana · Post by **chetana** » 03 May 2007, 18:40

meena wrote:Nope not all, except for one kriti it does not carry MD's mudra.
Acc. to Sree PPNji post/article , ni sati daivamu-sriranjani does not carry MD's mudra

that sounds like Telugu. Did Dikshitar compose in Telugu too?

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 03 May 2007, 18:55

nI sATi is considered now as a composition of Ramaswamy Dikshitar than MD although SSp lists it as MD composition. MD has used snatches of telugu and tamizh in his maNipravALa kRtis.

vs_manjunath · Post by **vs_manjunath** » 03 May 2007, 19:00

Yes, this composition is in telugu. Also he has a composition'venkatAchalapathe(kArnatak kApi)' a manipravalam in which tamil,telugu & sanskrit have been used.

mahakavi · Post by **mahakavi** » 03 May 2007, 20:29

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.

meena · Post by **meena** » 03 May 2007, 20:59

IIRC, even the kRti in nabhOmaNi also does not have the composer's mudre.

meena,
sadAsivam upAsmahE does have the rAga mudra shanakarAbaraNAm.

The madhyama kAlam of the caraNam goes as.

purANa purusham purAntakam sankarAbharaNa bhAsamAna dEham

thanks ramakriya/bharath, updated the list.

kiransurya · Post by **kiransurya** » 03 May 2007, 21:04

Sri Abhayambha in Sri raaga (mangalam) , Mana Saveri tarula-Raagamalika are also manipravala krithis.

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 03 May 2007, 21:08

kiransurya wrote:Sri Abhayambha in Sri raaga (mangalam) , Mana Saveri tarula-Raagamalika are also manipravala krithis.

manasA vEritarula is not a composition of MD.