{"id":49,"date":"2019-08-27T12:12:02","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T11:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saayujya.com\/?p=49"},"modified":"2019-11-29T11:54:14","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T11:54:14","slug":"vizualize-melakartha-raagas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saayujya.com\/index.php\/2019\/08\/27\/vizualize-melakartha-raagas\/","title":{"rendered":"Melakartha Raagas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Melakartha&nbsp;is a collection of fundamental musical scales (ragas) in&nbsp;Carnatic music&nbsp;(South Indian classical music).&nbsp;Melakartha&nbsp;ragas are parent ragas (hence known as&nbsp;<em>janaka<\/em>&nbsp;ragas) from which other ragas may be generated.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 72&nbsp;Melakartha&nbsp;ragas are split into 12 groups called&nbsp;<em>chakr\u0101s<\/em>, each containing 6 ragas. The ragas within the chakra differ only in the&nbsp;<em>dhaivatam<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>nishadam<\/em>&nbsp;notes (D and N). The name of each of the 12&nbsp;<em>chakras<\/em>&nbsp;suggests their ordinal number as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Interactive visualization of 12  <\/strong><em><strong>chakr\u0101s<\/strong><\/em><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/saayujya.com\/reserve\/raaga.html\" width=\"700\" height=\"1500\" border=\"0px\" frameBorder=\"0\"> <\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><em>Indu<\/em>&nbsp;stands for the moon, of which we have only one \u2013 hence it is the first&nbsp;<em>chakra<\/em>.<\/li><li><em>N\u0113tra<\/em>&nbsp;means eyes, of which we have two \u2013 hence it is the second.<\/li><li><em>Agni<\/em>&nbsp;is the third&nbsp;<em>chakra<\/em>&nbsp;it indicates three kinds of Agni.(Dakshina, Ahavaniyam and gArhapatyam)So agni indicates 3rd&nbsp;<em>Chakra<\/em>.<\/li><li><em>V\u0113da<\/em>&nbsp;denoting four&nbsp;<em>Vedas<\/em>&nbsp;is the name of the fourth&nbsp;<em>chakra<\/em>.<\/li><li><em>B\u0101\u1e47a<\/em>&nbsp;comes fifth as it stands for the five Arrows of&nbsp;<em>Manmatha<\/em>.<\/li><li><em>Rutu<\/em>&nbsp;is the sixth&nbsp;<em>chakra<\/em>&nbsp;standing for the 6 seasons of Hindu calendar, which are Vasanta, Greeshma, Varsha, Sharat, Hemanta and Shishira.<\/li><li><em>Rishi<\/em>, meaning sage, is the seventh&nbsp;<em>chakra<\/em>&nbsp;representing the&nbsp;seven sages.<\/li><li><em>Vasu<\/em>&nbsp;stands for the eight&nbsp;<em>vasus<\/em>&nbsp;of Hinduism.<\/li><li><em>Brahma<\/em>&nbsp;comes next of which there are 9.<\/li><li>Disi&nbsp;<em>Chakra<\/em>&nbsp;indicates Ten directions(East, West, North, South, North East, North West, South East, South West, Above and Below). Hence it is 10th&nbsp;<em>Chakra<\/em>.<\/li><li>Eleventh&nbsp;<em>chakra<\/em>&nbsp;is&nbsp;<em>Rudra<\/em>&nbsp;of which there are eleven.<\/li><li>Twelfth comes&nbsp;<em>Aditya<\/em>&nbsp;of which there are twelve.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: Wikipedia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melakartha&nbsp;is a collection of fundamental musical scales (ragas) in&nbsp;Carnatic music&nbsp;(South Indian classical music).&nbsp;Melakartha&nbsp;ragas are parent ragas (hence known as&nbsp;janaka&nbsp;ragas) from which other ragas may be generated.&nbsp; The 72&nbsp;Melakartha&nbsp;ragas are split into 12 groups called&nbsp;chakr\u0101s, each containing 6 ragas. The ragas within the chakra differ only in the&nbsp;dhaivatam&nbsp;and&nbsp;nishadam&nbsp;notes (D and N). 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