Divyamani

Carnatic Music
Concepts
Sruti • Swara • Raga • Tala • Melakarta • Asampurna Melakarta
Compositions
Varnam • Kriti • Geetham • Swarajati • Ragam Thanam Pallavi • Thillana
Instruments
melody: Vocals • Saraswati veena • Venu • Violin • Chitra veena • Nadaswaram • Mandolin rhythm: Mridangam • Ghatam • Morsing • Kanjira • Thavil drone: Tambura • Shruti box
Composers
List of Carnatic composers

Divyamani (pronounced Divyamaṇi^[1], Sanskrit: दिव्यमणि, Telugu: దివ్యమణి, English: The divine gem) is a rāgam in the 72 melakarta rāgam system of Carnatic music.

It is called Jeevantika^[1] or Jeevantini^[2][3] in Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music.

Structure and Lakshana

Divyamani scale with Shadjam at C

It is the 6th rāgam in the 8th chakra Vasu. The mnemonic name is Vasu-Sha. The mnemonic phrase is sa ra gi mi pa dhu nu^[2]. Its ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows (see swaras in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms):

• ārohaṇa: S R1 G2 M2 P D3 N3 S
• avarohaṇa: S N3 D3 P M2 G2 R1 S

(the notes used in this scale are shuddha rishabham, sadharana gandharam, prati madhyamam, shatsruthi dhaivatham, kakali nishadham)

As it is a melakarta rāgam, by definition it is a sampoorna rāgam (has all seven notes in ascending and descending scale). It is the prati madhyamam equivalent of Roopavati, which is the 12th melakarta.

Janya rāgams

Divyamani has a few minor janya rāgams (derived scales) associated with it. See List of janya rāgams for all rāgams associated with Divyamani.

Compositions

A few compositions set to Divyamani are:

• Leela ganu joochi by Thyagaraja
• Appa muruga by Koteeswara Iyer

Related rāgams

This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rāgam.

Divyamani's notes when shifted using Graha bedham, yields no other melakarta rāgam. Graha bedham is the step taken in keeping the relative note frequencies same, while shifting the shadjam to the next note in the rāgam.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Sri Muthuswami Dikshitar Keertanaigal by Vidwan A Sundaram Iyer, Pub. 1989, Music Book Publishers, Mylapore, Chennai
2. ^ ^{a b} Ragas in Carnatic music by Dr. S. Bhagyalekshmy, Pub. 1990, CBH Publications
3. ^ Raganidhi by P. Subba Rao, Pub. 1964, The Music Academy of Madras