, is a rÃÂgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is an audava rÃÂgam (or owdava, meaning pentatonic scale). It is a janya rÃÂgam (derived scale), as it does not have all the seven swaras (musical notes).
' is a symmetric rÃÂgam that does not contain rishabham or nishÃÂdam. It is a pentatonic scale (audava-audava ragam in Carnatic music classification - audava meaning 'of 5'). Its ' structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows (see swaras in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms):
(the notes used in this musical scale are shadjam, antara gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, panchamam, chathusruti dhaivatam)
' is considered a janya rÃÂgam of Harikambhoji, the 28th Melakarta rÃÂgam, though it can be derived from other melakarta rÃÂgams, Chakravakam, Sooryakantam, Shankarabharanam, Vagadheeswari or Shoolini, by dropping both rishabham and nishÃÂdam.
' rÃÂgam has a few compositions in classical music.
This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rÃÂgam.
s notes when shifted using Graha bhedam, yields another popular pentatonic rÃÂgam, Hamsadhwani. 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 more details and illustration of this concept refer Graha bhedam on Hamsadhwani.