Gujjari (
Odia: ଗୁଜ୍ଜରୀ, romanized: gujjari) is a
rāga belonging to the tradition of
Odissi music.[1][2][3] Falling under the meḷa Karnāta,[4] the raga uses komala gandhara, komala dhaibata and komala nisada swaras and is traditionally associated with the karuṇa rasa.[5] The raga is mentioned in treatises such as the Gita Prakasa[6] and Sangita Narayana.[7][5] Among its angaragas,
Mangala Gujjari is most prominent and has been used by
Jayadeva in his
Gita Govinda, alongside Gujjari itself.[8]
Structure
An ancient raga, Gujjari has been used by hundreds of poet-composers for well-over the past many centuries.[9] Its aroha-abaroha are given below :
Aroha : S R g M P d n S
Abaroha : S n d P M g R S
The raga dwells or does nyasa on the rusabha, as per tradition.[5]
^Hota, Damodar (2012). Udra Paddhatiya Sangita (in Odia). Vol. 2. Bhubaneswar: Swara-Ranga. pp. 18–19.
^Odisi Raga Sarani. Bhubaneswar: Odissi Research Centre. 2004.
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abcMisra, Purusottama (2009). Bose, Prof. Mandakranta (ed.). Sangitanarayana (A Seventeenth Century Text on Music and Dance from Orissa). Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts and Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
ISBN9788120832886.