I searched for a thread for this raga.. could not find one..
understand that This is the old name for the 4th mela Vanaspathi according to Dikshitar school of music. There is a janya raga by this name derived from the 4th mela Vanaspati. This is shadava sampoorna in nature and is a vivadi raga. Svaras taken by thus raga besides Sa and Pa are Sudha Ri^ Sudha Ga^ Sudha Ma^ Chatusruti^ Kaishiki Ni^ Minor raga with few known compositions. It was Dikshitar who popularised this raga by composing 3 kritis.
Dikshdar's composition on this raga...kshatra Thanjaur...
yrics
bRhadambA madambA - rAgaM bhAnumati - tALaM Adi
English
pallavi
bRhadambA madambA jayati
brahmANDa svarUpa jagadambA
samashTi caraNam
mahA dEva yuvatI bhAnumatI
madguru guha jananI niranjanI
(madhyama kAla sAhityam)
mahESvarI rAja rAjESvarI
mahA tripura sundarI SankarI
You can find ragamudra in the charanam...
Shri.V Pradeep Kumar renders this song..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABDVMn_zR9Y
Raga banumathi...
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SrinathK
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Re: Raga banumathi...
bhAnumati is the 4th mElakarta of the asampoorna mEla system. Muthuswami Dikshitar has composed 2 songs in this rAgA.
guruguha swAmini bhaktim karomi by R Vedavalli - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVph_aX1loU
A different version by T M Thiagarajan : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkHZhh3UOrE
brhadambA madAmbA(from someone's personal recording) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxzjr8hpvHg
As to the exact handling of this rAgA, I have some questions. Ignoring the vanaspati converted versions, Vedavalli mAmi seems to sing the scale like : S G1 R1 M1 P D2 N2 S -- S N2 D2 P M1 R1 S in guruguha swAmini. Not only that, S R1 M1 is also possible. But in brhadambA madAmbA, one sees both M1 R1 S and M1 G2 R2 S as well.
This has also been used sparingly by Thyagaraja in pariyachakama as well. Phrases like P-S and S-M are also found in Dikshitar's phrasing. What is the notation as per SSP?
Also the title should be changed to bhAnumati.
guruguha swAmini bhaktim karomi by R Vedavalli - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVph_aX1loU
A different version by T M Thiagarajan : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkHZhh3UOrE
brhadambA madAmbA(from someone's personal recording) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxzjr8hpvHg
As to the exact handling of this rAgA, I have some questions. Ignoring the vanaspati converted versions, Vedavalli mAmi seems to sing the scale like : S G1 R1 M1 P D2 N2 S -- S N2 D2 P M1 R1 S in guruguha swAmini. Not only that, S R1 M1 is also possible. But in brhadambA madAmbA, one sees both M1 R1 S and M1 G2 R2 S as well.
This has also been used sparingly by Thyagaraja in pariyachakama as well. Phrases like P-S and S-M are also found in Dikshitar's phrasing. What is the notation as per SSP?
Also the title should be changed to bhAnumati.