A Study of Rāga-s in Varṇam-s in Saṅgīta-saṁpradāya-pradarśini
– with Special Reference to Varṇam-s by Composers before Musical Trinity.

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Dr Rajshri Ramakrishna, Anuthama Murali

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The Department of Indian Music
School of Fine & Performing Arts
University of Madras, Chepauk
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India - 600 005

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December 2022

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English

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Varṇam, as a musical form in Karnātaka Music, is seen in many South Indian music
publications. The Saṅgīta Saṁpradāya Pradarśini (SSP), 1904, authored by Subbarāma Dīkṣita
is one such publication, which is a source of several musical forms, including varṇam-s. SSP is
also a source of rāga lakṣaṇa, music theory and biographical details.
The varṇam-s in SSP are composed by composers belonging to different time periods –
for instance Musical Trinity composers 1 , pre-trinity (before the time of Musical trinity, and post –
trinity (after the time of Musical Trinity). The aspects like rāga (melodic entity), tāla (time span),
melody, kāla pramāṇa (tempo) are not always the same in varṇam-s composed in these
different time periods. The structural and melodic aspects of varṇam-s in SSP have been dealt
in the paper “Varṇam-s in Saṅgīta-saṁpradāya-pradarśini – with Special Reference to Varṇam-s
Composed Prior to Music Trinity” by this scholar. In this paper, rāga-s employed in the varṇam-s
in SSP are studied with respect to their lakṣaṇa-s and classification as found in SSP and
Rāgalakṣaṇa of Śāhji (1684-1711). References from other lakṣaṇagrantha-s are stated
wherever necessary.

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Volume II | Issue 2 | December 2022

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Dr Rajshri Ramakrishna, Anuthama Murali, “A Study of Rāga-s in Varṇam-s in Saṅgīta-saṁpradāya-pradarśini
– with Special Reference to Varṇam-s by Composers before Musical Trinity.,” Smṛti - A Bi-Annual Peer Reviewed Journal on Fine & Performing Arts , accessed November 7, 2025, https://smrti.omeka.net/items/show/42.

A Study of Rāga-s in Varṇam-s in Saṅgīta-saṁpradāya-pradarśini – with Special Reference to Varṇam-s by Composers before Musical Trinity.

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A Study of Rāga-s in Varṇam-s in Saṅgīta-saṁpradāya-pradarśini
– with Special Reference to Varṇam-s by Composers before Musical Trinity.