Excellent ! Naga Gandhari Raga nute Ragam Naga Gandhari Adi Talam Muthuswami Dikshitar Kriti 'Nagaja nandithe' means it is on Goddess Parvathi, daughter of Himavan (mountain). (Here we can remember the first line of the Kalidasa krithi, 'Kumara sambhavam' - "अस्त्युत्तरस्यां दिशि देवतात्मा हिमालयो नाम नगाधिराजः" (astyuttarasyAM dishi devatAtmA himAlayo nAma nagAdhirAjaH) This Kriti is in the eighth (Sambodhana Prathama) Vibhakti The names ‘para dEvatA’ and ‘SivA’ are found in the Lalita Sahasranama The name ‘saSara cApa pASa-ankuSA’s is found in the Lalita Sahasranama (Dhyana Shloka) similar to the epithet here P nAga gAndhArI rAga nutE nagajA nanditE mAmava Parvati the daughter of Himalayas is delighted by Nagagandhari Ragam. I pray her to protect me. AP nAga rAja vinutE sura hitE vAgISAdi guru guha vanditE (madhyama kAla sAhityam) bhAgavatAdi nuta para dEvatE parama tatvArtha bOdhitE SivE The king of serpents extols her glory. She is benevolent to celestials. Brahma and Guha bow to her. Devotees sing her glory. She is Supreme Goddess. She expounds the meaning of transcendental philosophy. She is consort of Siva. C parama SAnta svarUpAkArE pAda pankajE padma karE (madhyama kAla sAhityam) niratiSaya sukha karE surucirE saSara cApa pASAnkuSa dharE She is embodiment of tranquility. Her feet are beautiful like lotus. She adorns a lotus flower on hand. She is bestower of Supreme Bliss. She is very charming. She wields bow, arrow, noose and goad on her hands. Naga gandhari This ragam is generally believed to be a Janya of Natabhairavi. However there are other experts who argue that it could be derived from Gaurimanohari or Karaharapriya. It was due to the krithis of Muthuswamy Deekshitar, this ragam became very popular, despite having only a very few krithis. Aro:S R2 M1 G2 M1 P D1 N2 S Av: S N2 D1 P M1 G2 R2 S Wonderful song of Deekshitar- Sarasijanabha Sodhari, is very famous in this ragam Could not find any Hindustani raga close to this ragam.
Excellent ! Naga Gandhari Raga nute Ragam Naga Gandhari Adi Talam Muthuswami Dikshitar Kriti
'Nagaja nandithe' means it is on Goddess Parvathi, daughter of Himavan (mountain). (Here we can remember the first line of the Kalidasa krithi, 'Kumara sambhavam' - "अस्त्युत्तरस्यां दिशि देवतात्मा हिमालयो नाम नगाधिराजः" (astyuttarasyAM dishi devatAtmA himAlayo nAma nagAdhirAjaH)
This Kriti is in the eighth (Sambodhana Prathama) Vibhakti
The names ‘para dEvatA’ and ‘SivA’ are found in the Lalita Sahasranama
The name ‘saSara cApa pASa-ankuSA’s is found in the Lalita Sahasranama (Dhyana Shloka) similar to the epithet here
P nAga gAndhArI rAga nutE
nagajA nanditE mAmava
Parvati the daughter of Himalayas is delighted by Nagagandhari Ragam. I pray her to protect me.
AP nAga rAja vinutE sura hitE
vAgISAdi guru guha vanditE
(madhyama kAla sAhityam)
bhAgavatAdi nuta para dEvatE
parama tatvArtha bOdhitE SivE
The king of serpents extols her glory. She is benevolent to celestials. Brahma and Guha bow to her. Devotees sing her glory. She is Supreme Goddess. She expounds the meaning of transcendental philosophy. She is consort of Siva.
C parama SAnta svarUpAkArE
pAda pankajE padma karE
(madhyama kAla sAhityam)
niratiSaya sukha karE surucirE
saSara cApa pASAnkuSa dharE
She is embodiment of tranquility. Her feet are beautiful like lotus. She adorns a lotus flower on hand. She is bestower of Supreme Bliss. She is very charming. She wields bow, arrow, noose and goad on her hands.
Naga gandhari This ragam is generally believed to be a Janya of Natabhairavi. However there are other experts who argue that it could be derived from Gaurimanohari or Karaharapriya. It was due to the krithis of Muthuswamy Deekshitar, this ragam became very popular, despite having only a very few krithis.
Aro:S R2 M1 G2 M1 P D1 N2 S Av: S N2 D1 P M1 G2 R2 S
Wonderful song of Deekshitar- Sarasijanabha Sodhari, is very famous in this ragam Could not find any Hindustani raga close to this ragam.
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