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Mela 69Aditya chakraM2

Dhatuvardhani

The name is the number

Dhatuvardhani

Dhadha9tuta696 reversed69

Dental dha = 9 and dental ta = 6, not their retroflex counterparts.

Every mela name encodes its own number — how the katapayadi sutra works.

SSR3R3G3G3M2M2PPD1D1N3N3SS (upper octave)

SS (upper octave)N3N3D1D1PPM2M2G3G3R3R3SS

How to know it

Dense and dramatic, with augmented leaps on either side of the panchamam.

Hear it in songs

  • Sukha Kara

    Koteeswara Iyer · Adi

    The Dhatuvardhani entry in the Kanda Ganamutham 72-melakarta cycle.

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  • Mathangi Marakathangi

    Muthuswami Dikshitar

    Composed under the asampurna mela name Dhautapanchamam, the Dikshitar-school equivalent of Dhatuvardhani.

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