Pavani (pronounced pÃÂvani, meaning the purifier) is a rÃÂgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 41st melakarta rÃÂgam in the 72 melakarta rÃÂgam system of Carnatic music. It is called Kumbhini in Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music.
It is the 5th rÃÂgam in the 7th chakra Rishi. The mnemonic name is Rishi-Ma. The mnemonic phrase is sa ra ga mi pa dhi nu. Its ' structure is as follows (see swaras in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms):
The notes used in this scale are shuddha rishabham, shuddha gandharam, prati madhyamam, chathusruthi dhaivatham and kakali nishadham. It is a sampurna rÃÂgam â a rÃÂgam that has all seven swaras (notes). It is the prati madhyamam equivalent of Manavati, which is the 5th melakarta scale.
Chandrajyoti is a janya rÃÂgam (derived scale) that is associated with it, in which Thyagaraja has composed couple of songs. See List of janya rÃÂgams for a full list of Pavani's janyas.
This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rÃÂgam.
Pavani's notes when shifted using Graha bhedam does not yield any other melakarta. Graha bhedam is the step taken in keeping the relative note frequencies same, while shifting the shadjam to the next note in the rÃÂgam.
This is obvious for the 6 Rishi chakra rÃÂgams (Salagam, Jalarnavam, Jhalavarali, Navaneetam and Raghupriya being the other 5), as they have 3 missing notes between G1 and M2. Since no other swara pair in rules of melakarta rÃÂgams have a 3 note gap, Graha bhedam yields only invalid scales within those rules.