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ra~njani m.rdupa"nkajalOcani
Composer: ta~njAvUr sha"nkara ayyar
tALam: Adi
rAgam: ra~njani
ra~njani
m.rdupa"nkaja lOcani
rAgam: shrIra~njani
ma~njubhASiNi
manOllAsini
mandagamani
shrIra~njani
rAgam: mEghra~njani
sAmagAnavinOdini
shashA"nkavadani
mArajanani
mEghara~njani
rAgam: janara~njani
pAmarajanapAlini
shUlini
papa vimOcani pAvani
janara~njani
This song, popularly known as "ra~njani
mAlA", beautifully describes Goddess as ra~njani,
shrIra~njani, mEghara~njani, and janara~njani, which, incidentally,
are also the names of the four rAgams that constitute this beautiful
and simple rAgamAlikA.
MEANING
Oh Goddess! You are the delightful one (ra~njani).
You have eyes resembling tender lotus petals. Your speech is very sweet. You
delight the minds (of your devotees); you have soft and slow gait, and you
are shrIra~njani. You delight in
the musical chants of the sAma vEda.
Your face is beautiful like the moon . You gave birth to cupid; you are
mEgha ra~njani (the delighter of
clouds).
You always protect
the afflicted ones. You are shUlini, the one with the trident. You
remove all sins. You are the pure one. You are janara~njani, the
delight of all people.
RAGA
MUDRA is
featured for all four rAgams, as the name of the Goddess.
The
featured ragams are:
ra~njani (janyam
of mELam 59, dharmavati)
ArOhaNam:
S R2 G2 M2 D2 S
avarOhANam:
S N3 D2 M2 G2 S R2 G2 S
shrIra~njani
(janyam of mELam 22, kharaharapriya)
ArOhaNam:
S R2 G2 M1 D2 N2 S
avarOhANam:
S N2 D2 M1 G2 R2 S
mEghara~njani
(janyam of mELam 15, mAyAmALavagauLa)
ArOhaNam:
S R1 G3 M1 N3 S
avarOhANam:
S N3 M1 G3 R1 S
janara~njani
(janyam of mELAm 29, dhIrasha"nkarAbharaNam)
ArOhaNam:
S R2 G3 M1 P D2 N3 S
avarOhANam:
S D2 P M1 R2 S
This
rAgamAlikA, frequently heard these days in concerts, was popularized by
the school of Smt.i D. K. Pattammal/shrI D. K. Jayaraman, who usually made it
a point to render some monumental compositions of the living composer,
ta~njAvUtr sha"nkara ayyar.
NOTATIONS for
this rAgamAlikA can be viewed at
http://www.ecse.rpi.edu/Homepages/shivkuma/personal/music/Ranjanimridupankaja.htm
There are numerous rAgams with the "ra~njani" suffix, and here
the composer has employed only four of them. Some of these are:
Popular
ones: manOra~njani (5), mArara~njani (25), shrutira~njani (61), cittara~njani
(22), guhara~njani (28), karNara~njani (22), shivara~njani (64)
Rare
ones: dayAra~njani (28), shrImanOra~njani (22), lOkara~njani (52),
am.rtara~njani (19), Ashritara~njani (67), bhAgyara~njani (22), bhOgara~njani
(7), bhuvanara~njani (14), dEvara~njani (15), dharmara~njani (15),
gaganara~njani (66), gAyakara~njani (29), gopikAmanOra~njani (67),
jIvara~njani (2), jyOtira~njani (61), kaishikara~njani (21), kAmara~njani
(45), karNikAra~njani (20), kharara~njani (28), kumArara~njani (25),
kuntaLara~njani (60), kusumara~njani (37), lIlAra~njani (4), mitrara~nani
(25), nayanara~njani (27), nIrara~njani (10), rasikara~njani (16),
sujanara~njani (63), surara~njani (36), svarara~njani( 22), vAridhira~njani
(72).
HindustAni
music also has the following ra~njani-suffixed rAgams: Atmara~Njani,
gaurara~njani, kamalara~njani, kusumara~Njani, madhura~njani, pushpara~njani,
rasara~njani, rAgara~njani, and sarasvatIra~njani.
(The list
is obviously incomplete, since there is no shortage of beautiful prefixes to
the phrase "ra~njani" in the Sanskrit language!).
Part V
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Links
During
the last seven navarAtri seasons, we featured the following
thematic topics in Carnatica’s Special Features section:
In
addition, we also uploaded several stOtrams on dEvi
(saundaryalaharI, lalitA sahasranAmam,
and so on), appropriate for chanting on this festive occasion. They can all
be accessed from the “shlOka bank” of Carnatica’s
Composition Bank.
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