S-R-g-m-P-D-n-S
A late night raga, Shahana (literally: ‘of royal demeanour’) is a close cousin of the more famous Bageshri, sharing the same swaras but focusing more on the use of shuddha Dha as a melodic endpoint. Usually classed as a member of the Kanada family, Deepak Raja notes that Shahana is linked in medieval texts to a Persian melody known as ‘Firodast’, and also that poetry set to the raga often features imagery of springtime and monsoons.
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Explore hidden inter-raga connections: swara geometries, melodic features, murchana sets, ragangas, & more (also see the Full Tag List):
Swaras: -4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10+
Sapta: Audav | Shadav | Sampurna
Poorvang: SRGM | SRG | SRM | SGM
Uttarang: PDNS | PDS | PNS | DNS
Varjit: Re | Ga | Ma | Pa | Dha | Ni
Double: rR | gG | mM | dD | nN
Thaat: 10 | 32 | Enclosed | Inexact
Chal: All-shuddha | All-komal | Ma-tivra
Gaps: Anh. | Hemi. | 3-row | 4-row | 5-row
Symmetries: Mirror | Rotation | Palindr.
Aroha: Audav | Shadav | Sampurna
Avroh: Audav | Shadav | Sampurna
Jati: Equal | Balanced | Av.+1 | Av.+2
Samay: Morning | Aftern. | Eve. | Night
Murchana: Bhup. | Bihag | Bilaw. | Charu.
Raganga: Bhairav | Malhar | Kan. | Todi
Construction: Jod | Mishra | Oddball
Origin: Ancient | Carnatic | Modern
Dominance: Poorvang | Uttarang
Prevalence: A-list | Prachalit | Aprach.
–Swara Geometries–
• Core form: S-R-g-m-P-D-n-S
• Reverse: SRgmPDnS (=itself)
• Inverse: Ni; SRmPDS (=Durga)
• Imperfect: 1 (Dha)
• Detached: none
• Symmetries: mirror (S—M)
• Murchanas: Bilawal set
–Global Translations–
• Carnatic: Kharaharapriya
S-R2-G2-M1-P-D2-N2-S
• Jazz: Dorian
1-2-b3-4-5-6-b7-8
• Pitch classes (‘fret-jumps’):
0-2-3-5-7-9-10-0
(2–1–2–2–2–1–2)
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• Tanpura: Sa–Pa (+Pa)
• Names: Sahana, Shahana, Shahana Kanada
—Uday Bhawalkar (2019)—