Suvarnangi Ragam
Suvarnangi meaning the golden bodied one) is a ragam in Carnatic music. It is the 47th melakarta ragam in the 72 melakarta ragam system of Carnatic music. It is called Souveeram or Sauviram in Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music.
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It is the 5th ragam in the 8th chakra Vasu. The mnemonic name is Vasu-Ma. The mnemonic phrase is sa ra gi mi pa dhi nu. Its Arohana-avarohana structure is as follows
Arohana: S R1 G2 M2 P D2 N3 S'
Avarohana: S' N3 D2 P M2 G2 R1 S
Its swaras are shuddha rishabham, sadharana gandharam, prati madhyamam, chathusruthi dhaivatham and kakali nishadham. As it is a melakarta ragam, by definition it is a sampoorna ragam. It is the prati madhyamam equivalent of Kokilapriya, which is the 11th melakarta.
Suvarnangi S R1 G2 M2 P D2 N3 S'
S' N3 D2 P M2 G2 R1 S
Sowveeram
S R1 G2 M2 P D2 N3 S'
S' N3 D2 P M2 G2 R1 S
Abhiru
S R1 G2 R1 M2 P N3 S'
S' D2 P M2 G2 R1 G2 S
Rathika
S M2 G2 M2 P D2 N3 S'
S' N3 D2 P M2 G2 R1 S
Vijayashree
S R1 G2 M2 P N2 S'
S' N2 P M2 G2 R1 S
A few compositions set to Suvarnangi ragam are:
- Sarasa souveera by Muthuswami Dikshitar
- Iha para sukha by Koteeswara Iyer
- Jaya Jaganmayi by Rukminibai Thampuratti
- Sri raghupathim by Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna
Suvarnangi's notes when shifted using Graha bhedam, yields no other melakarta ragam. Graha bhedam is the step taken in keeping the relative note frequencies same, while shifting the shadjam to the next note in the ragam.