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Jhankaradhvani Ragam

About Jhankaradhvani Ragam

Jhankaradhvani Ragam

Jhankaradhvani or Jhankaradhwani is a ragam in Carnatic music. It is the 19th Melakarta ragam in the 72 melakarta ragam system of Carnatic music.

It is called 'Jhankarabhramari in Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music.

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Raga structure of Jhankaradhvani

Jhankaradhvani scale with shadjam at C

It is the 1st ragam in the 4th chakra Veda. The mnemonic name is Veda-Pa. The mnemonic phrase is sa ri gi ma pa dha na. Its arohana-avarohana structure:

Arohana: S R2 G2 M1 P D1 N1 S'

Avarohana: S' N1 D1 P M1 G2 R2 S

The notes in this scale are chathusruthi rishabham, sadharana gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, shuddha dhaivatham, shuddha nishadham.

As it is a melakarta ragam, by definition it is a sampoorna ragam. It is the shuddha madhyamam equivalent of Shamalangi, which is the 55th melakarta.

Asampurna Melakarta

Jhankarabhramari is the 19th Melakarta in the original list compiled by Venkatamakhin. The notes used in the scale are the same, but the zig-zag usage of notes in both ascending and descending scle (vakra prayoga) is the difference.

Arohana: S R2 G2 M1 P D1 N1 D1 P D1 S'

Avarohana: S' N1 D1 P M1 G2 R2 G2 R2 S

Janya ragams

Jhankaradhvani has a few minor janya ragams associated with it. See List of janya ragams for full list of ragams associated with Jhankaradhvani.

1) Jhankaradhvani

S R2 G2 M1 P D1 N1 S'

S' N1 D1 P M1 G2 R2 S

2) Jhankarabhramari

S R2 G2 M1 P D1 N1 D1 P D1 S

S R2 G2 M1 P D1 S

S R2 G2 M1 P D1 N1 D1 S

S G2 R2 G M1 P D1 N1 D1 S

S R2 G2 M1 P D1 N1 D1 S

S N1 D1 P M1 G2 R2 S

S D1 P M1 G2 R2 S

S N1 D1 P M1 G2 R2 S

S N1 D1 P M1 G2 R2 G R2 S

D1 N1 D1 P M1 G2 R2 S

3) Bharati

S R2 G2 M1 P S'

S' P M1 G2 R2 S

4) Chittaranjani

S R2 G2 M1 P D1 N1

N1 D1 P M1 G2 R2 S

5) Jalmika

S R2 G1 M1 P D1 N1 S'

S' N1 D1 P M1 G1 S R2 S

6) Lalitabhairavi

S G2 M1 P D1 S'

S' N1 D1 P M1 G2 R2 S

7) Poornalalita

S G2 R2 M1 P S

S G2 R2 G2 R2 M1 P S

S R2 G2 R2 M1 P S

S R2 G2 M1 P S

S G2 R2 G2 M1 P S

S N1 D1 P M1 G2 R2 S

External Videos of Jhankaradhvani Ragam

Compositions in Raga Jhankaradhvani

1) Phanipati sayee by Thyagaraja

2) Varnam tharum by Koteeswara Iyer

3) Jhasha Kethana Pitaram by Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna

4) Himachala kumarim bhaja by Muthuswami Dikshitar is set to Jhankarabhramari ragam.

Related Ragas of Jhankaradhvani

Jhankaradhvani's notes when shifted using Graha bhedam, yields 2 other minor melakarta ragams, namely, Ratnangi and Gamanashrama. Graha bhedam is the step taken in keeping the relative note frequencies same, while shifting the shadjam to the next note in the ragam.

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