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Mela 49Brahma chakraM2

Dhavalambari

The name is the number

Dhavalambari

Dhadha9vava494 reversed49

Dental dha = 9 (ta-varga), not retroflex ḍha = 4.

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

SSR1R1G3G3M2M2PPD1D1N1N1SS (upper octave)

SS (upper octave)N1N1D1D1PPM2M2G3G3R1R1SS

How to know it

A stark, austere vivadi scale — its clashing shuddha dhaivata–nishada pair gives it an unsettled, otherworldly colour.

Hear it in songs

  • Shringaradi Navarasangi

    Muthuswami Dikshitar · Khanda Eka

    Composed in Dhavalangam, the asampurna-mela equivalent of mela 49 in the Dikshitar school.

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