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He is indeed one of the Greatest Composers in Music History. I am in a process of collecting and learning his works (trying to !!!). This page is for posting information about references to audio clips of Dikshitar krithis so that it will be of much use to Dikshitar "fans" like myself. |
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- From: Nadopasaka (@ aappp39.buffnet.net)
on: Fri Sep 1 22:41:40 EDT 2000
uh..oh wait a bit, there is the somasuryaagni netra in the Kalyani.
- From: Rajani (@ 202.151.212.4)
on: Sat Sep 2 05:46:39 EDT 2000
"Kakutstha" was an ancestor of Rama and so Kaakutstha is an epithet for Rama, meaning one born in the family of kakutstha, (just as Raaghava is from Raghu).
- From: Lakshman (@ ppp2657.on.bellglobal.com)
on: Sat Sep 2 11:56:26 EDT 2000
Narayanan:
Here are the missing lines from shrI guruguhamUrtE.
unai nambinEn ayyA. rAgA: kIravANi. Adi tALA. Composer: Muttu Tandavar.
pallavi: unai nambinEn ayyA sharaNam (nAn) (unai)
anupallavi: (nAgam) punai shambhO naTarAjA puliyUr vAzh IshA (unai)
caraNam 1: iruvartam ishaikoNDa kAdA titti ena ninru naTamsheyyum inkitaporpAdA
tirunAval UranviDu tUdA tillai shivakAmi oru pAghA cidambara nAthA (unai)
2: mazhuviDai tarikkinra kaiyA konrai malar mAlai punaiginra vaDishuDar meyyA
ezhu bhuvi tudikkinra tuyyA anbar iDamAi irundinbam uDanALum ayyA (unai)
3: neDiyamAl ayantEDi kANAdengum niraindavA elumbellAm aNindiDum pUNA
aDiyavar tozhunda tamizhpANA tillai ambadi naTarAjA ambalavANA (unai)
- From: Lakshman (@ ppp2657.on.bellglobal.com)
on: Sat Sep 2 11:59:13 EDT 2000
Narayanan:
Sorry I posted the wrong song. Here are the correct lines.
caraNam: AtmEshvara jIva bhEdAvaraNa nivrttE Ashrita shiSyAnugraha kAraNa pravrttE
Atma tatvAdi shOdhana sAdhana sampattE Arakta shvEta mishra caraNa pravrttE
AtmakOTi bhaktE anAdi mAyOtpattE AtmAnubhava sArasamtrptE nirmuktE
(madhyamakAlam)
AtmOdaya ravicandrikA samdIptE paramAtma shrI cidAnanda nAtha namastE jayajaya (shrI)
- From: Nadopasaka (@ aappp45.buffnet.net)
on: Sat Sep 2 14:41:05 EDT 2000
In the MuttuTandavar piece, is 'tamizhpANA' the mudra or does it have anything to do with pAN's ? Can anyone explain this ? Thanks.
Is MD credited with creation of the Amritavarshini raaga via the Anandaamrita kriti ?
- From: narayanan (@ 152.158.23.68)
on: Sat Sep 2 15:19:35 EDT 2000
Lakshman:
Thanks very much.
- From: Rajani (@ 202.151.220.5)
on: Mon Sep 4 02:54:23 EDT 2000
What is the meaning of "Chamatkara Bhupaladi" in Sadachaleshwaram, acc. to KSI/TKG ?
- From: narayanan (@ 194.193.249.33)
on: Mon Sep 4 04:28:41 EDT 2000
Rajani:
Chamatkara(pura) is another name for Tiruvarur.
Bhupala means "the King".
- From: narayanan (@ 194.193.249.33)
on: Mon Sep 4 05:04:06 EDT 2000
Krithi of the week this week at http://dikshitar.homepage.com is
Sri Subramanyo - Todi - D K Jayaraman
This page now has lyrics for some Ganapathi krithis of Dikshitar in Sanskrit (pdf format
- From: Nadopasaka (@ aeppp14.buffnet.net)
on: Mon Sep 4 10:49:25 EDT 2000
Chamatkaara implies 'miracle'. The word appears twice in the Bhupalam kriti which also has sufficient 'Kamala' usages for the Tiruvarur shrine.
- From: narayanan (@ 194.193.249.33)
on: Mon Sep 4 10:55:06 EDT 2000
Nado:
In this context i think Chamathkara refers to Tiruvarur. Also Bhupala means the king.. Bhu - paala-One who takes care of the land of Chamatkara.
- From: Nadopasaka (@ aeppp14.buffnet.net)
on: Mon Sep 4 11:10:43 EDT 2000
Narayanan, you are right. I expect there might be a fable or legend associated with Tiruvarur that allows this adjective. ( cf. camatkarapura in pallavi ) Perhaps Rajani or Paanini have details of this story.
- From: PPN (@ padma.math.mun.ca)
on: Mon Sep 4 12:22:52 EDT 2000
Ganapati Krithis of MD in pdf format
Hi: I have sent to Narayanan, a Sanskrit file in pdf format in six pages (two columns) containing 27 MD Krithis (all I am aware of) on Ganesa, appropriately on Vinayaka Chaturthi season! Narayanan has kindly placed the file in the Dikshitar page http://dikshitar.homepage.com under "Krithis". Please have a look at them. You need the freely downloadiable "Adobe Acrobat Reader version 3.0 or higher, tov view/print them. You actually view/print the Sanskrit version. If I am missing any Ganesha Krithi of MD that you are aware of, please let me know, with lyrics, if possible, so that I can type them too - so we shall have complete text (in Sanskrit, as well as English), of all MD Ganesa Krithis. If there is need and interest, I can typeset another pdf file in English, with proper diacritical punctiation marks added, without any problem.
Hope to get some feedbacks.
I shall slowly create pdf files for Kamalamba, Neelothpalamba etc series soon (before Navarathri).
Thanks
Narayanaswami
- From: PPN (@ padma.math.mun.ca)
on: Mon Sep 4 12:36:24 EDT 2000
Hi:
The Krithis in the .pdf files (27 in all) are:
Vatapi (Hamsadhwani)
Sree Muladhara (Sree)
Siddhivinayakam (Chamaram)
VamangasthitayA (AthAna)
Panchamathanga (Malahari)
Vallabhaanayakasya (Begada)
Mahaganapathim (Nata)
Mahaganapathe (Natanarayani)
Mahaganapathim Vande (Todi)
Ganesa Kumara (JunjhuTTi)
Ganarajena (Arabhi)
Gananayakam (Rudrapriya)
Sreemahaganapatir (Gowla)
Hastivadanaya (Navaroj)
Uchishtaganapatau (Kasiramakriya)
Vighneswaram (Malahari)
Lambodaraya (Varali)
Swethaganapathim (Ragachudamani)
Karikalabha (Saveri)
Sree Ganesatparam (Ardradesi)
gajananayutam (Vegavahini)
Vinayaka (vegavahini)
Raktaganapathim (Mohanam)
Ekadantham (Bilahari)
Sree Gananatham Bhajare (Isamanohari)
Herambaya (Athana)
Shaktisahita (Nottu Swaram)
Please let me know if I am missing any krithis?
As I wrote earlier, you need Acrobat Reader to view the text in Sanskrit fonts (six pages in two column format)
Narayanaswami
- From: Nadopasaka (@ akppp27.buffnet.net)
on: Mon Sep 4 14:55:19 EDT 2000
PPN, What about Ganapate Mahaamate in Kalyani-rupakam ?
- From: Nadopasaka (@ akppp27.buffnet.net)
on: Mon Sep 4 15:06:37 EDT 2000
It would also be useful to demarcate where the 'madhyama-kaala' text begins, if this is not too much of a problem. Probably best done using a text color change. The mela numbers may also be noted as such. These are only comments.
I would especially like to thank PPN and Narayanan for their efforts. The original language format brings out pauses and sandhis etc. clearly.
- From: narayanan (@ dyn218-ras37.screaming.net)
on: Mon Sep 4 16:33:33 EDT 2000
Nado:
Thanks.. but Sri PPN deserves all the credit. I am just a medium :-)
- From: suhas (@ 203.197.75.86)
on: Mon Sep 4 22:10:03 EDT 2000
Thanks PPN and Narayan.
Suhas
- From: pANini (@ ppp-174-2.bng.vsnl.net.in)
on: Tue Sep 5 00:21:02 EDT 2000
thanks PPN & narayanan.(hope u repeat this for navarAtri).
Please check the skAndaM for the chamatkARa pura story.I think MD has done quite a lot of research here.referred to this and the particluar chapter when he says in one of the tyAgarAja krithis.
Just wondering..
Re Rame bharatha pAlija (jyothi) .The beginning seems like a Thy kind of approach.ie Why the rAjyam arpayAmi and who is supposed to say this.?
- From: Nadopasaka (@ akppp42.buffnet.net)
on: Tue Sep 5 04:45:16 EDT 2000
A Tyagaraja Begada in Tiruvotriyur to Tripurasundarai uses 'Bale Paalita SuraBale' . There are other MD-Tyg. krities that are somehow related e.g akshayalinga and Manasu svadhina both in s'bharana and the guru prashamsa krities in the starting raaga , MmGowla SriNathadi, Vidulaku.
I doubt if MD was referring to the miracle of his own birth in Tiruvarur, although this would certainly qualify the 'chamatkaara pura'.
- From: Nadopasaka (@ akppp44.buffnet.net)
on: Tue Sep 5 05:42:35 EDT 2000
ps. the Tyg. reetigowla BaaleBalendu also to Devi has a third charana beginning 'RamE, pranatartiharaabhi-ramE etc. ( and several rhymes with sheelE, durE, veerE, parivarE, bheemE, saarE, lolE etc. etc. )
- From: PPN (@ padma.math.mun.ca)
on: Tue Sep 5 08:07:22 EDT 2000
Thanks for the comments/suggestions regarding the Ganapati krithis of MD in pdf format. I guess, as far as I know, the only krithi missing in that set is the Kalyani krithi : "Ganapate", which is often disputed! I am unable to find the text in any of the standard books on MD krithis. Does anyone have the text? If so, please post it here, so I can include it too, and update the file. Also, as Nado suggested, I shall try to indicate the place where the Madhyama kala sahityam starts.
I shall soon work on Kamalamba/Neelothpalamba/Abhayamba series just in time for Navarathri season.
Narayanaswami
- From: Nadopasaka (@ adppp18.buffnet.net)
on: Tue Sep 5 09:17:17 EDT 2000
PPN, The Kalyani Ganapati has one version as follows. Perhaps someone else can also confirm.
Pallavi: GanapatE mahAmatE, gowri kumAra mAm pAhi
Anupallavi: animAdyaStaiswarya prada guruguha pujita vara
Charanam:
Soma suryAgni netra ,sadAsivAnanda putra
vAmadevAdi vaktra , vArija gambhira gAtra
M-Kaala
HimAdrija sudhAmoda hiranmaya pithastitha
pAmara pandita nuta vara pankajAsanAdi nuta
There are at least two Kalyani krities to the male deity Kumbheswara, so the appearance of one for Ganapati may not be surprising. (typically the Kalyani krities are for Devi ) There may be other reasons for the debate on this kriti, however it certainly appears to be of the kind that MD would author, from the way it 'freezes' certain Kalyani phrases.
There may be some other textual arguments in favor such as it being the 8th (and final) kriti citing the (eight ) siddhis and the Himaadrija launch point for M-kaala found in some other MD Ganapati krities.
- From: PPN (@ padma.math.mun.ca)
on: Tue Sep 5 09:53:57 EDT 2000
Nado: Thanks. This is the version that I have heard sung by M. Santhanam in a tape. If there is another version, perhaps, Lakshmanan can comment on. Thanks. Once the discussion is over, I shall include it in the pdf file and send it over to Narayanan.
Narayanaswami
- From: PPN (@ padma.math.mun.ca)
on: Tue Sep 5 10:29:18 EDT 2000
Here is a small Dikshitar Krithi Statistics:
A total of 479 krithis are considered in this analysis. The main sources are (1) The Red Book: Muthuswami Dikshitar Keerthanaigal (in Tamil) by Vinai Sundaram Iyer (1989), (2) the 15 volume Dikshitar Kirtana Mala by Vinai Sundaram Iyer, and (3) Sangita Sampradaya Pradarshini of Subbarama Dikshitar (in Tamil) 5 volumes, Music Academy (1961 - 1983). Krithis of doubtful authorship are omitted. The only Telugu daru, "nI sATi daivamendu" has been included even though it has no Guruguha mudra (since it appears as a Dikshitar Krithi in Sangita Sampradaya Pradarshini).
Total Number of Krithis 479
spanning 72 asampurNa melams
Suddha Madhyama Krithis 428 (88.3%)
Prati Madhyama Krithis 56 (11.69%)
Guruguha Mudra appears in 478 krithis
Rafga mudra (including suchita) featured in 235 krithis. None of the Sankarabharanam, and Todi Krithis have Raga Mudra (except in Ragamalika composition).
Deities
Siva (131); Devi (including Lakshmi, Minakshi, Renuka Devi) (176); Sarasvathi (13); Vishnu (41); Krishna (27); Rama (14); Ganapathi (27); Subrahmanya (36); Navagraha (9); Brahma (1) Sastha (1); Sandhya Devi (1); ganga (1); Maya (not praising but contemting) (1);
Parvati + Parameswara (1)
Sankara + narayana (1)
Rama + Krishna (1)
Pallavi/Anupallavi/Charanam 280 krithis
Pallavi/Samashti Charanam 157 Krithis
Nottu Swara Sahityam 37 krithis
Pallavi/Anupallavi/Mukthayoi Swaram 1 krithi (daru)
Ragamalika compositions 4
Upanga Raga Krithis 102
Bhashanga raga Krithis 179
Others 198
Number of Ragams employed 193 (spanning 72 asampurna melams)
1 krithi each in 97 Ragams
2 krithis each in 44 ragams
3 krithis each in 14 ragams
4 krithis each in 15 ragams
5 krithis each in 8 ragams
6 krithis each in 6 ragams
7 krithis each in 3 ragams (anandabhairavi, bhairavi, surati);
8 krithis each in 4 ragams (athana, arabhi, kambhoji, todi);
11 krithis in Kalyani
48 Krithis in Sankarabharanam
Maximum number of Krithis (48) in Sankarabharanam
Maximum number of krithis (96)in Melam 29
janatodi melam 13 krithis
mayamalavagowla melam 51 krithis
natabhairavi melam 42 krithis
sri melam (22) 57 krithis
harikedaragowla 63 krithis
dhIrasankarabharanam 96 krithis
shanta kalyani melam 27 krithis
Number of Talams employed 10
Rupakam 138 krithis
Adi 184 Krithis
Triputa 17 krithis
Jhampa 11 krithis
Chapu 60 krithis (misra = 54 + Khanda = 6)
Matyam 1 krithi
Ekam 56 krithis (tisra = 22, chaturasra = 22, khanda = 12)
Sanskrit krithis 475
Manipravalam (sanskrit+telugu+tamil) = 3
Number of temples featured 74
Notable omissions : Kharaharapriya (?)
Group Krithis: Shodasha Ganapathi; Navagraha; Tiruthani Guruguha; Thiruvarur Tyagaraja; Kamalamba Navavaranam; Abhayamba Vibhakti; Neelothpalamba Gowlantha; Madhuramnba vibhakti (some missing);
Rama vibhakti; Nottu Svara Sahityam; Vivadi mela compositions on Tanjore Brihadiswara/Brihannayaki
Any comments?
Narayanaswami
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