CM raags and various rasAs

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V_ANNASAMY
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Raags have various delighting rasAs. Some are :

Veera - Arabhi, Gaula, Naata, KEdAra, Begada, Gambheera
Naata, Hamsadhwani, AtAnA

KaruNa - Mukhari, Todi, Bhairavi, PunnagavarALi, SaavEri,
SahAna, KaanadA, HindOLam, ShanmukhapriyA,
DhanyAsi

Ananda/ - Kaamboji, DevamanOhari, KundalavarAli, Navarasa
Haasya KaanadA, Janaranjani, Mohanam, Aanda Bhairavi

Raudra - AtaanA, Aarabhi, VasantA, SuraTi, Kaamavardhani,
ChalanAta, KalyAni

BhayAnak - Para(j)s, REvati, Shuba pantu varaLi, Gauli Pantu,
Vaachaspati, DwijAvanti, SarasAngi, RishabhapriyA

ShrungAra - BEhAg, Kaapi, KamAs

Adbuta - Kadanakutoohalam

Shanta - Saama

Shoka - MukhAri, Shubha pantu varALi

(raaga sudhA rasa pAnmu (sarvam) jesi ranjillavE O manasA)
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VAji

Navarasathai kandEn. Thanks for the compiled info.

thanjavur

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Thanks for the info. We started searching for it y'day night !

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thanjavur sir

What is the outcome till now? Can you pl share with all of us.
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thanjavur

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V_ANNASAMY wrote:thanjavur sir

What is the outcome till now? Can you pl share with all of us.
Started searching but did not get very far before I saw your topic.

In your first post you said,
Raags have various delighting rasAs. Some are :
Are there more ? Please share with us any articles/links that you find.

Thanks

thanjavur

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V_ANNASAMY wrote:Raags have various delighting rasAs. Some are :

Veera - Arabhi, Gaula, Naata, KEdAra, Begada, Gambheera
Naata, Hamsadhwani, AtAnA

KaruNa - Mukhari, Todi, Bhairavi, PunnagavarALi, SaavEri,
SahAna, KaanadA, HindOLam, ShanmukhapriyA,
DhanyAsi

Ananda/ - Kaamboji, DevamanOhari, KundalavarAli, Navarasa
Haasya KaanadA, Janaranjani, Mohanam, Aanda Bhairavi

Raudra - AtaanA, Aarabhi, VasantA, SuraTi, Kaamavardhani,
ChalanAta, KalyAni

BhayAnak - Para(j)s, REvati, Shuba pantu varaLi, Gauli Pantu,
Vaachaspati, DwijAvanti, SarasAngi, RishabhapriyA

ShrungAra - BEhAg, Kaapi, KamAs

Adbuta - Kadanakutoohalam

Shanta - Saama

Shoka - MukhAri, Shubha pantu varALi

(raaga sudhA rasa pAnmu (sarvam) jesi ranjillavE O manasA)
According to How does a raga make you feel? from karnATik, following are the
different rasas and the ragas associated with them.
Rasa (Meaning) Ragas
veera (courage) - aThaaNaa,bilahari,bEgaDa,dEvagaandhaari,hamsadwani
karuNaa (sorrow,anguish) - ghanTa,kaanaDaa,naadanaamakriyaa,sahaanaa,varaaLi
hasya (joy/laughter) - hamsadwani,kEdaaram,mOhanam
rowdra (anger) - aThaaNaa,aarabi
bhayanaka (fear) - punaaagavaraaLi
shringaara (love) - asaavEri,bhairavi,husEni,kaanaDaa,kalyaaNi,kamaas,sahaanaa,shuruTTi
adbhuta/
arpuda (wonder,astonishment) - behaag,saaranga
shaanta (calm,peace) - shyaamaa,vasantaa
bibhatsa (disgust) - aThaaNaa
bhakti (devotion) - kharaharapriya,rEvati
This is a lot different from your rasa-ragas list. What is your source ?

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Post by V_ANNASAMY »

The source is Prof. Sambamoorthy's books as well as my experience while handling the raags, which has been a pleasure all through.

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Though Mukhari is attributed to 'shoka' rasa, it actually gives karunA and bhakti rasAs. It purely depends on the handling of the raag.

Bilahari is said to remove 'shoka' of the singer and hearers. More of a 'happiness giving' (ananda) raag. Bilahari has many credentials to its credit. More so, if one feels dejected, proper singing/ hearing of this raag would make him/her very active and would feel charged up, a real tonic sort.

Naajeevadhara; kanukOndini (Sri TyAgarAja) and Ini namokkoru (Kotteswara Iyer) all of Bilahari are based on the concept of 'anandam' giving/expressing.

Carrying on with 'Bilahari' credentials, may be Garudadwani was introduced (just reverse order of sampoornam + audava, without bhashanga swara). CM is really great.

Raag also means 'desires' and our desires to hear/sing more and more is just happening.
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