Mararanjani (pronounced mÃÂraranjani) is a rÃÂgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 25th Melakarta rÃÂgam in the 72 melakarta rÃÂgam system of Carnatic music. It is called SharÃÂvati in Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music.
It is the 1st rÃÂgam in the 5th chakra Bana. The mnemonic name is Bana-Pa. The mnemonic phrase is sa ri gu ma pa dha na. Its ' structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows (see swaras in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms):
(the notes in this scale are chathusruthi rishabham, antara gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, shuddha dhaivatham, shuddha nishadham)
As it is a melakarta rÃÂgam, by definition it is a sampoorna rÃÂgam (has all seven notes in ascending and descending scale). It is the shuddha madhyamam equivalent of Kantamani, which is the 61st melakarta.
Mararanjani has a few minor janya rÃÂgams (derived scales) associated with it, of which Janasammodini is one of the better known rÃÂgams. See List of janya rÃÂgams for all rÃÂgams associated with this scale.
A few compositions set to Mararanjani are:
This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rÃÂgam.
Mararanjani's notes when shifted using Graha bhedam, yields Vanaspati, a minor melakarta rÃÂgam. Graha bhedam is the step taken in keeping the relative note frequencies same, while shifting the shadjam to the next note in the rÃÂgam. For further details and an illustration refer Graha bhedam on Vanaspati.