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Mela 19Veda chakraM1

Jhankaradhwani

The name is the number

Jhankaradhwani

Jhajha9nkaka191 reversed19

In the conjunct 'ṅka', the last consonant (ka) carries the value.

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

SSR2R2G2G2M1M1PPD1D1N1N1SS (upper octave)

SS (upper octave)N1N1D1D1PPM1M1G2G2R2R2SS

How to know it

A shadowed vivadi scale: a minor lower half sinking into the close-set suddha dhaivata–nishada pair above.

Hear it in songs

  • Himachala Kumarim Bhaje

    Muthuswami Dikshitar

    Composed in Jhankarabhramari, the Dikshitar school's asampurna name for the 19th mela.

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