Shadvidamargini

Shadvidamargini is a ragam in Carnatic music. It is the 46th melakarta rāgam in the 72 melakarta rāgam system of Carnatic music. It is called Stavarājam in Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music.

Structure and Lakshana

It is the 4th rāgam in the 8th chakra Vasu. The mnemonic name is Vasu-Bhu. The mnemonic phrase is sa ra gi mi pa dhi ni. Its structure is as follows :

[Arohana|]:
[Avarohana|]:

The swaras shuddha rishabham, sadharana gandharam, prati madhyamam, chathusruthi dhaivatham and kaisiki nishadham are used in this scale. As it is a melakarta rāgam, by definition it is a sampoorna rāgam. It is the prati madhyamam equivalent of Natakapriya, which is the 10th melakarta scale.

''Janya'' rāgams

Shadvidamargini has a few minor janya rāgams associated with it. See List of [Janya ragas#Shadvidamargini|List of janya rāgams] for full list of rāgams associated with Shadvidamargini.

Compositions

A few compositions set to Shadvidhamargini are:

Jnanam Osaga Rada by Tyagaraja
Stavarajadhinutha and Madhurambam Bhajare by Muthuswami Dikshitar
Antaranga Bhakthi by Koteeswara Iyer
Haimavathim bhaja manasa by Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna
Sharanam tava charanam by Bharani
Geetham pada ugandha by Senarylia Shashtri

Related rāgams

This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rāgam.
Shadvidamargini's notes when shifted using Graha bhedam, yields Nasikabhooshani, a minor 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.