Mangala Gujjari (
Odia: ମଙ୍ଗଳ ଗୁଜ୍ଜରୀ, romanized: mangala gujjari) is a
rāga belonging to the tradition of
Odissi music.[1][2][3] Falling under the meḷa Karnāta,[4] the raga uses komala rusabha, komala gandhara, komala dhaibata and komala nisada swaras along with their suddha counterparts 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] This raga is traditionally believed to have been created by
Jayadeva in his
Gita Govinda.[8]
Structure
An ancient raga, Mangala Gujjari has been used by hundreds of poet-composers for well-over the past many centuries.[9] Its aroha-abaroha are given below :
^Hota, Dr. 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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abMisra, 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.