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Mela 24Veda chakraM1

Varunapriya

also known as Viravasantham

The name is the number

Varunapriya

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

SSR2R2G2G2M1M1PPD3D3N3N3SS (upper octave)

SS (upper octave)N3N3D3D3PPM1M1G2G2R2R2SS

How to know it

A rare vivadi scale whose raised shatsruti dhaivata gives its minor frame an unexpected upward wrench.

Hear it in songs

  • Emani Pogadudura

    Tyagaraja

    Usually announced under the older name Viravasantam rather than Varunapriya.

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  • Ekamranathaya Namaste

    Muthuswami Dikshitar

    Composed in Viravasantam, the Dikshitar school's asampurna name for the 24th mela.

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