Jyoti swarupini

Jyotiswarupini is a ragam in Carnatic music. It is the 68th Melakarta rāgam in the 72 melakarta rāgam system of Carnatic music. It is the prati madhyamam equivalent of Ragavardhini, which is the 32nd melakarta. It is called Jyōtirāga or Joti or Jyōti in Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music.

Structure and Lakshana

It is the 2nd rāgam in the 12th chakra Aditya. The mnemonic name for this rāgam is Aditya-Sri. The mnemonic phrase is sa ru gu mi pa dha ni. Its ascending and descending scale is as follows:

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[Avarohana|]:

See swaras in Carnatic music for details on above notation. The notes used are shatsruthi rishabham, antara gandharam, prati madhyamam, shuddha dhaivatham, kaisiki nishadham.
Jyotiswarupini, being a melakarta rāgam, by definition is a sampoorna rāgam.

''Janya'' rāgams

A few minor janya rāgams are associated with Jyotiswarupini. See List of janya rāgams for full list of janya rāgams associated with this and other melakarta rāgams.

Compositions

Here are a few compositions set to this parent musical scale.

Rame Bharatha Palita and Paramjyothismathi by Muthuswami Dikshitar
Anandamayamanave by Walajapet Venkataramana Bhagavathar
Gaanamrutha paanam by Koteeswara Iyer
Jyotiswaroopini Jaya by Periyasaamy Thooran
Sri Gayatri baktha durita by Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna
Adineepai by Koranadu Natesa Pillai
Paramathma by Nallan Chakravarthy Murthy
Nannu Brovu Kamakshi by Akkarai Sornalatha

Related rāgams

This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rāgam.
Jyotiswarupini's notes when shifted using Graha bhedam does not yield any other melakarta rāgam. Graha bhedam is the step taken in keeping the relative note frequencies same, while shifting the shadjam to the next note in the rāgam.