Vagadheeswari - 34th Melakarta rāgam

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Vagadheeswari (pronounced Vāgadheeshwari, Sanskrit: वागदीश्वरि, Kannada: ವಾಗಧೀಶ್ವರೀ, Telugu: వాగాధీశ్వరి, Tamil: வாகதீச்வரி) is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music).
It is the 34th melakarta rāgam (parent scale) in the 72 melakarta rāgam system of Carnatic music. It is called Bhogachhāyānāţa in Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music.

Structure and Lakshana:

It is the 4th rāgam in the 6th chakra Rutu. The mnemonic name is Rutu-Bhu. The mnemonic phrase is sa ru gu ma pa dhi ni.Its ārohaṇa-avarohaṇastructure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows (see swaras in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms):
ārohaṇa: S R3 G3 M1 P D2 N2 S
avarohaṇa: S N2 D2 P M1 G3 R3 S

The swaras shatsruthi rishabham, antara gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, chathusruthi dhaivatham and kaisiki nishadham are used in this scale. AsVagadheeshwari is a melakarta rāgam, by definition it is a sampoorna rāgam (has all seven notes in ascending and descending scale). It is the shuddha madhyamam equivalent of Nasikabhooshani, which is the 70th melakarta scale.

Janya rāgams:

Vagadheeshwari has a few minor janya rāgams (derived scales) associated with it, of which Magadhi and Mohanāngi are occasionally heard. See List of janyarāgams for full list of rāgams associated with Vagadheeswari. 

34 Vāgadeeshwari	S R3 G3 M1 P D2 N2 S	S N2 D2 P M1 G3 R3 S
Bhogachāyā Nāttai	S R3 G3 R3 G3 M1 P N2 N2 S	S N2 D2 N2 P S N2 P M1 M1 R3 S
Bhānumanjari	S R3 G3 M1 P N2 S	S N2 P M1 R3 G3 R3 S
Chāyanāttai	S R3 G3 M1 P M1 P S	S N2 D2 N2 P M1 R3 S
Maghathi	S R3 M1 P D2 N2 S	S N2 D2 P M1 R3 S
Mohanāngi	S R3 G3 P D2 S	S D2 P G3 P D2 P G3 R3 S
Murali	S R3 G3 M1 D2 N2 S	S N2 D2 M1 G3 R3 S
Sharadabharana	S M1 G3 M1 P M1 D2 N2 S	S N2 D2 M1 P M1 R3 S
Vikhavathi	S R3 G3 P D2 S	S D2 P G3 R3 S

Related rāgams:

Vagadheeshwari's notes when shifted using Graha bhedam, yields 2 other minor melakarta rāgams, namely, Naganandini and Bhavapriya. Graha bhedam is the step taken in keeping the relative note frequencies same, while shifting the shadjam to the next note in the rāgam.

Rāgam	Mela #	C		D		E	F		G		A		B	C		D		E	F		G
Naganandini	30	S		R2		G3	M1		P			D3	N3	S'		R2'		G3'	M1'		P'
Bhavapriya	44					S	R1		G2			M2	P	D1		N2		S'
Vagadheeshwari	34								S			R3	G3	M1		P		D2	N2		S'

Compositions:

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