List of Janya ragas explained

Janya ragas are Carnatic music ragas derived from the fundamental set of 72 ragas called Melakarta ragas, by the permutation and combination of the various ascending and descending notes. The process of deriving janya ragas from the parent melakartas is complex and leads to an open mathematical possibility of around thirty thousand ragas. Though limited by the necessity of the existence of individual swaroopas (unique identities) for the janya ragas, a list is never comprehensive or exhaustive. Thus the list below is open to additions or corrections. Moreover, some musicians experiment and use new scales, leading to new janya ragas. The 72 Melakarta ragas are numbered according to the ancient Indian system for numerical notation — the Katapayadi system.[1] [2]

The melakartas are listed by numbers 1-72, with corresponding asampoorna melakarta names[3] and scales listed just below (if different, in bold). Under those musical scales are the janyas associated with each melakarta. If the raga has multiple scales in the same janya, these are given below the main scale. Other janya ragas that are either not associated with a melakarta or whose scales are not yet added in this list, are listed at the bottom.

Scales

Raga Name Ascending Scale (ārohanam) Descending Scale (avarohanam)
1 Kanakāngi (Janaka raga)
Kanakāmbari
Kanakatodi
Mādhavapriyā
Karnātaka Shuddha Sāveri
Latantapriya
Lavangi (Raga created by M. Balamuralikrishna)
Megha
Rishabhavilāsa
Sarvashree
Suddha Mukhāri
Tatillatika
Vāgeeshwari
2 Ratnāngi
Phenadhyuti
Ganamukhāri
Ratnavarāli
Revati
Shreemani
Shreemati
Svadhya
3 Gānamūrti
Gānasāmavarāli
Bhinnapanchamam
Nādharanjani
Poorvavarāli
Sāmavarāli
4 Vanaspati
Bhānumati
Rasāli
Vanāvali
Vittalapriya
5 Mānavati
Manoranjani
Ghanashyāmalā
Kunjari
6 Tānarūpi
Tanukeerti
7 Senāvati
Senāgrani
Bhogi
Chitthakarshani
Navarasa Mālā
Sindhu Gowri
8 Hanumatodi
Janatodi
Āhiri (Anya swara* : /)
Amrita Dhanyāsi
Asāveri (Anya swara* :)
Bhānuchandrika
Bhadratodi
Bhoopālam
Chandrikatodi
Deshikatodi
Dhanyāsi
Divyamālati
Ghanta (Anya swara* :)
Kalāsāveri
Kanakasāveri
Nāgavarāli
Prabhupriya
Punnāgatodi
Punnagavarali (Anya swara* :)
Shravanamallika
Sowjanya
Shuddha Seemantini
Shuddha Todi
Sindhubhairavi (Anya swara* :)
Sri MatiS G₂ R₁ G₂ M₁ P D₁ P D₂* N₂ Ṡ(Anya swara* : D₂)Ṡ N₂ D₁ P M₁ P M₁ G₂ R₁ S
Swarnamalli
9 Dhenukā
Dhunibhinnashadjam
Bhinnashadjam
Mohananāta
Udayaravichandrika
Vasanthatodi
10 Nātakapriyā
Natābharanam
Alankārapriya
Bhāgyashabari
Deeparamu
Gunāvati
Hindoladeshikam
Kanakadri
Mātangakāmini
Nātyadhārana
Niranjana
Shānthabhāshini
Shivashakti
11 Kokilapriyā
Kokilāravam
Bhimsen (Raga created by Mahesh Mahadev)
Chitramani
Jnānachintāmani
Kowmāri
Shuddha Lalitha
Vardhani
Vasantamalli
Vasantanārāyani
12 Rūpavati
Rowpyanaka
Shyāmakalyāni
13 Gāyakapriyā
Geya Hejjajji
Hejjajji
Kalākānti
Kalkada
Kalpanadhārini
14 Vakuḷābharaṇam
Āhiri (Anya swara* : /)
Vātee Vasantabhairavi
Amudhasurabhi
Devipriya
Kalindaja
Kuvalayabharanam
Mukthipradayini (Raga created by Mahesh Mahadev)[4]
Sallapa
Soma
Sūryā
Shuddha Kāmbhoji
Vasantabhairavi
Vasanta Mukhāri
Vijayollāsini
15 Māyāmāḻavagouḻai
Ardhradesi
Bhāvini
Bibhās
Bowli
Bowli Rāmakriya
Chāruvardhani
Chāyagowla
Chandrachooda
Deshyagowla
Devaranji
Ekakshari
Ghanasindhu
Gowla
Gowlipantu
Gowri
Gummakāmbhoji
Gundakriya
Gurjari
Jaganmohini
Kalyānakesari
Kannadabangāla
Karnātaka Sāranga
Lalitā
Lalitapanchamam
Mālavakurinji
Mālavapanchamam
Mārgadesi
Malahari
Mallikavasantam
Mangalakaishiki
Manolayam
Maruva
Mechabowli
Megharanjani
Nadanamakriya
Pādi
Pharaju (Paras)
Poornalalita
Poorvi
Poorvikavasanta
Pratāpadhanyāsi
Pratāparanjani
Puranirmai
Rāmakali
Rāmakriya
Revagupti
Rukhmāmbari
Sāmantadeepara
Sāranga Nāta
Sāveri
Salanganāta
Satyāvati
Sindhu Rāmakriya
Surasindhu
Tārakagowla
Takka
Ushāvali
Vishārada
16 Chakravākam
Toyavegavāhini
Āhir Bhairavi
Bhakthapriya
Bhujāngini
Bindhumālini
Chakranārāyani
Ghoshini
Guhapriya
Kalāvati
Kokilā
Malayamārutam
Mukthāngi
Mukundamālini
Poornapanchamam
Pravritti
Rāgamanjari
Rasikaranjani
Rudra Panchami
Shree Nabhomārgini
Shyāmali
Subhāshini
Valaji
Veenadhāri
Vegavāhini
17 Sūryakāntam
Chāyāvathi
Bhairavam
Haridarpa
Jayasamvardhani
Jeevantikā
Kusumamāruta
Nāgachooḍāmani
Rohini
Sāmakannada
Sowrāshtram
Suddha Gowla
Supradeepam
Vasanthā
18 Hātakāmbari
Jayashuddhamālavi
Hamsanantini
Kallola
Simhala
19 Jhankāradhvani
Jhankārabhramari









Bhārati
Chittaranjani
Jalmika
Lalitabhairavi
Poornalalita








20 Natabhairavi
Nārērētigowla
Abheri (Dikshitar School)
Anandabhairavi (Anya swara* :)
Amrithavāhini
Bhairavi (Anya swara* :)
Bhuvanagāndhāri
Chapagantarva
Darbāri Kānada
Devakriya
Dhanashree
Dharmaprakāshini
Dilipika Vasantha
Divyagāndhāri
Gopikāvasantam
Hindolam
Hindolavasanta
Indughantarava
Jayanthashrī
Jingaḷa
Jaunpuri
Kātyāyani
Kanakavasantham
Kshanika
Mānji
Mahati cf. Mela 28&43 (Mahathi)
Malkosh / Malkauns
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Nāgagāndhāri
Navarathna Vilāsam
Nīlamati
Nīlaveni
Poornashađjam

Rājarājeshwari
Sāramati
Sāranga Kāpi
Sharadapriya
Shree Navarasachandrika
Sindhu Dhanyāsi
Shuddha Desi
Shuddha Sālavi
Sukumāri
Sushama (Raga created by M. Balamuralikrishna)
Sutradhāri(Also 27)
Tarkshika
Udayarāga
Vasantavarāli
21 Kīravāṇi
Keeranāvali
Aymmukhan
Bhānupriya
Beethovanapriya (invented by Ramesh Vinayakam[5])
Chandrika
Gaganabhoopālam
Hamsapancama
Hamsavāhini
Jayashree
Kadaram (Chandrakosh, Chandrakauns, Chandrakaush)
Kalyāna Vasantam
Kusumāvali
Mādhavi
Mishramanolayam
Priyadarshani
Rishipriya
Sāmapriya
Shrothasvini
Vasanthamanohari
22 Kharaharapriyā
Shree
Andolikā
Abheri
Abhogi
Ādi Kāpi
Āryamati
Agnikopa
Bālachandrika
Basant Bahār
Bageshri
Bhagavatapriya
Bhagavathpriya
Bhimpalasi
Brindāvana Sāranga (Anya swara* :)
Brindāvani (Anya swara* :)
Chakrapradipta
Chittaranjani
Darbar
Dayavati
Devāmruthavarshani
Deva Manohari
Dhanakāpi (Varies)
Dilipika
Gowla Kannada
Gāra (Anya swara* :)
Hamsa ābheri
Haridasapriya
Harinārāyani
Hindustāni Kāpi (Anya swara* :)
Huseni
(Anya swara* :)
Jatādhāri
Jayamanohari
Jayanārāyani
Jayanthasena
Jog (Anya swara* :)
Kanadā
Kāpi (Anya swara* :)
Kāpijingala
Kalānidhi
Kalika
Kannadagowla
Karnātaka Hindolam
Karnātaka Kāpi
Karnātaka Devagāndhari
Karnaranjani
Kowmodaki
Kowshika
Lalitamanohari
Mādhavamanohari
Mālavashree
Māyapradeeptam
Madhyamarāvali
Madhyamāvathi
Mahānandhi
Mandāmari
Mangalāvathi
Manirangu
Manjari
Manohari
Manorama
Maruvadhanyāsi
Mishramanolayam
Mishra shivaranjani (Anya swara* :)
Malhar or Miyān ki Malhār (Anya swara* :)
Mukhāri (Anya swara* :)
Nādachintāmani
Nādatārangini
Nādavarangini
Nāgari
Nāgavalli
Nāyaki
Nigamagāmini
Nirmalāngi
Omkāri
Panchamam
Phalamanjari
Phalaranjani
Pilu(peelu) (Anya swara* :)
Poornakalānidhi
Pushpalathika
Ratipatipriya
Reethigowla
Rudrapriyā
Sahāna (Original) (Anya swara* :)
Sālagabhairavi
Sārang
Saindhavi
Sangrama
Sankrāndanapriyā
Sarvachoodāmani
Shivapriyā
Shivaranjani
Shree Manohari
Shree Manoranjani
Shreeranjani
Siddhasena
Suddha Bangāla
Suddha Bhairavi
Suddha Dhanyāsi
Suddha Hindolam (Varamu)
Suddha Manohari
Suddha Velāvali
Sugunabhooshani
Swarabhooshani
Swarakalānidhi
Swararanjani
Tavamukhāri
Vajrakānti
23 Gourimanohari
Gowrivelāvali

Gowrishankar
Hamsadeepika
Hrudkamali
Lavanthika
Sundaramanohari
Patdīp
Thyagaraja Mangalam
Vasantashree (Amba Manohari)
Velāvali









24 Varuṇapriyā
Veeravasantham
25 Māraranjani
Sharāvathi
Devasalaga
Kesari
Gayakamandini S R2 G3 M1 P D1 SS D1 P M1 G3 R2 S
Rājathilaka
26 Chārukesi
Tarangini

Chirswaroopi
Māravi
Poorvadhanyāsi
Shiva Manohari
Shukrajyothi
Ushābharanam
27 Sarasāngi
Sowrasenā
Haripriya
Srirangapriya
Kamalā Manohari
Madhulika
Nalinakānthi
Neelamani
Salavi
Sarasānana
Saraseeruha
Simhavāhini
Surasena
Sutradhāri(Also 20)
Vasanthi
28 Harikāmbhōji
Harikedāragowla
Ambhojini
Andhali
Aparoopam
Bālahamsa
Bahudāri
Chāyalagakhamās
Chāyatārangini
Chandrahasitham
Dasharatipriya
Dayaranjani
Desh (Anya swara* :)
Deshākshi
Deshkār
Dwaithachintāmani

Dwijāvanthi /Jujāvanthi (Anya swara* :)
Eeshamanohari
Eeshaivaridhi
Gāndhāralola
Gāra (Anya swara* :)
Gavati
Guhamanohari
Guharanjani
Hamsaroopini
Haridasapriya
Harikedāram
Harini
Harithapriya
Hemasāranga
Jaijaiwanti (Anya swara* :)
Jaithshree
Jana Sammodhini
Jayarāma
Jhinjoti
Jujahuli
Kāmbhoji (Anya swara* :)
Kāpi Nārāyani
Khamāj (Anya swara* :)
Kamās (Anya swara* :)
Karnātaka Behāg
Karnātaka Devagāndhāri
Karnātaka Khamās
Kedāragowla
Keshavapriyā
Kokiladhwani
Kokilavarāli
Kunthalavarāli
Mālavi
Madhurakokila
Mahathi
Mahuri
Manjupriya
Manoharam
Mattakokila
Meghana
Mohanam
Nādavalli
Nāgaswarāvali
Nārāyanagowla
Nārāyani
Nāttai Kurinji



Nāttai Nārāyani
Nandhkowns
Narani
Navarasa Kalānidhi
Navarasa kannada
Neela
Pārsi
Parameshwarapriyā
Pashupathipriyā
Poornakāmbhoji
Pratāpa Nāttai
Pratāpavarāli
Pravalajyoti
Rāgapanjaramu
Rāgavinodini
Rāgeshree



(Anya swara* :)
Ravi Chandrikā
Sāvithri
Sahāna
Saraswathi Manohari
Sathvamanjari
Shakunthala
Shankaraharigowla
Shenchukāmbhoji
Chenjurutti (Anya swara* :)
Shiva Kāmbhoji
Surutti
Shyāmā

Simhavikrama
Sindhu Kannada
Sindhu Surutti
Suddha Khamās
Suddha Varāli
Suddha
Suddhatarangini
Sumanapriyā
Suvarnakriyā
Swarāvali
Swaravedi
Tilakavathi
Tilang (Anya swara* :)
Umābharanam
Vaishnavi
Veenavadini
Vivardhani
Yadukula Kāmbhoji
29 Dhīraśankarābharaṇam
Ānandharoopa
Ārabhi

Atāna (Anya swara* :)
Bangāla
Begada
Behāg (Carnatic adaptation) (Anya swara* :)
Behāg Deshikam
Bihag (Anya swara* :)
Bilahari (Anya swara* :)
Buddhamanohari
Buddharanjani
Chāyā
Chāyashankarābharanam
Devagāndhāri (Anya swara* :)
Dharmalakhi
Dhurvanki
Durga
Gajagowri
Garudadhvani
Gowdamalhār
Hamsadhwani
Hamsavinodhini
Hemant
Jana Ranjani
Julavu
Kamaripriyā
Kannada
Kathanakuthuhalam
Kaushikadhwani / Bhinna shadaj
Kedaram
Kokilabhāshani
Kolahalam
Kurinji
Kusumavichithra
Kutuhala
Lahari
Mānd (Anya swara* :)
Māyadravila
Mohanadhwani
Nāgabhooshani
Nāgadhwani
Nārāyanadeshākshi
Navaroj (Anya swara* :)
Neelāmbari (Anya swara* :)
Niroshta
Pahādi (Anya swara* :)
Poornachandrika
Poornagowla
Poorvagowla
Rathnabhooshani
Reetuvilāsa
Sāranga Mallār
Shankara
Shankara
Shankaraharigowla
Shankaramohana
Shankari
Sindhu
Sindhu Mandāri
Suddha Mālavi
Suddha Sārang
Suddha Sāveri
Suddha Vasantha
Suranandini
Suraranjani
Tāndavam
Vallabhi
Vasanthamalai
Vedhāndhagamana
Veerapratāpa
Vilāsini
30 Nāganandini
Nāgabharanam
Gambheeravani
Lalithagāndharva
Sāmanta
31 Yāgapriyā
Kalāvathi
Damarugapriya
Desharanjani
Deshyathodi
Kalāhamsa
Niranjani
Prathāpahamsi
32 Rāgavardhini
Rāgachoodāmani
Amudagāndhāri
Dhowmya
Hindoladarbār
Ramyā
Sāmantajingala
33 Gāngeyabhuśani
Gangātarangini
34 Vāgadhīśvari
Amarasindhu
Bhogachāyā Nāttai
Bhānumanjari
Chāyanāttai
Maghathi
Drāvida Kalāvati
Mohanāngi
Murali
Sharadabharana
Vikhavathi
35 Śūlini
Shailadeshākshhi
Suryavasantham
Dheerahindolam
Ganavaridhi

Shokavarāli
36 Chalanāṭṭai
Devanāttai
Gambheeranāṭṭai
Ganaranjani
Nāṭṭai
37 Sālagam
Sowgandhini
Bhogasāveri
38 Jalārnavam
Jaganmohinam
Jaganmohana
39 Jhālavarāḷi
Dhālivarāli
Bhoopālapanchamam
Godari
Jālasugandhi
Janāvali
Karunāmritavarshini
Kokilapanchamam
Varāli
40 Navanītam
Nabhomani
41 Pāvani
Kumbhini
Chandrajyothi
Prabhāvali
Poornalalitha
Poornapanchamam (See 15, 16)
42 Raghupriyā
Ravi Kriyā
Gāndharva
Gomathi
Raghuleela
43 Ghavāmbhodi
Geervāni
Kanchanabowli
Mahathi
Mechagāndhāri
Suvarnadeepakam
Vijayabhooshāvali
44 Bhavapriyā
Bhavāni
Bhavāni
Kanchanāvathi
45 Śubhapantuvarāḷi
Shivapanthuvarāli
Arunāngi
Bandhuvarāli
Bhānudhanyāsi
Bhānukeeravāni
Chāyaranjani
Dhowreyani
Hindusthāni Todi
Jālakesari
Kumudhachandrikā
Mahānandhini
Multani
Parpathi
Shekharachandrikā
46 Śadvidamārgini
Sthavarājam
Ganahemāvati
Indhudhanyāsi
Shreekānti
Teevravāhini
VaishaliniR₁ G₂ M₂ D₂ N₂ N₂ D₂ M₂ G₂ R₁
47 Suvarnāngi
Sowveeram
Abhiru
Rathikā
Vijayashree
48 Divyamaṇi
Jeevanthikā
Deshamukhāri
Dundubi
Jeevanthini
Suddha Gāndhāri
49 Dhavaḻāmbari
Dhavalāngam
Abhirāmam
Bhinnapauarali
Dharmini
Sudharmini
50 Nāmanārāyaṇi
Nāmadeshi
Narmada
Swaramanjari
51 Panthuvarāli (Kāmavardhini)
Kāshirāmakriyā
Mandāri
ādhi Panchama
Basant /Vasant (Anya swara* :)
Basant Bahār
Bhogavasantha
Deepakam
Gamakapriyā
Gamanapriyā
Hamsanārāyani
Indumathi
Kamalāptapriyā
Kumudhakriyā
Māruthi
Ponni
Prathāpa
Puriya Dhanashree
Tāndavapriyā
52 Rāmapriyā
Ramāmanohari
Chintaramani
Hamsagamini
Lokaranjani
Meghashyāmala
Namoveenapaani (creation by Siri Girish)
Patalāmbari
Raktimārgini
Rasavinodini
Reethi Chandrikā
Seemantinipriyā
Sukhakari
Vedhaswaroopi
53 Gamanāśrama
Gamakakriyā
Alankāri
Bhatiyār (Anya swara* :)
Dvigāndhārabhooshani
Hamsānandi
Mechakāngi
Padmakalyāni
Poorvi Kalyāni
Sharabadhvāja
Sohini
Vaishaka
54 Viśvambari
Vamshavathi
Hemāngi
Pooshakalyāni
Sharadhyuthi
Suddhakriyā
Sundarāngi
Vijayavasantham
55 Śāmaḻāngi
Shyāmalam
Deshāvali
Vijayamālavi
56 Śanmukhapriyā
Chāmaram
Bhāshini
Chintāmani
Dhanakari
Garigadya
Gopikathilakam
Kokilanandhi
Rājeshwari
Samudrapriyā
Shanmukhi (Trimoorti)
Sumanasaranjani
Vasukari
57 Simhendramadhyamam(Sumadhyuti)
Ānandavalli
Ghantana
Jayachoodāmani
Pranavapriyā
Sarvāngi
Seshanādam
Suddha
Sunādapriyā
Urmikā
Vijayasaraswathi
58 Hemavati
Deshisimhāravam
Chandrarekhā
Hamsabhramari
Hemāmbari
Hemapriya
Kshemakari
Madhukowns
Shakthiroopini
Simhārava
Vijayasāranga
Vijayashrāngi
Yāgini
59 Dharmavati
Dhāmavathi
Sri Tyagaraja (Raga created by Mahesh Mahadev)[6]
Gowrikriya
Karmukhāvati
Karpoora Bharani
Lalitasimharavam
Madhumālti (Anya swara* :)
Madhuvanthi
Moharanjani
Ranjani
Varada
Vijayanāgari
Vishveshwarapriyā
60 Nītimati
Nisshadham
Amarasenapriyā
Deshyagānavaridhi
Hamsanādam

Kaikavashi
Nuthanachandrikā
Rathnasāranga
61 Kāntāmani
Kunthalam
Kanakakusumāvali
Shruthiranjani
62 Riśabhapriyā
Rathipriyā
Gopriya
Poornasāveri
Rathnabhānu
Suddha Sāranga
63 Latāngi
Geethapriyā
Chitrachandrika
Hamsalatha
Kananapriyā
Karunākari
Lalithāngi
Ramani
Rathnakānthi
Raviswaroopini
Sajjananandhi
Skandamanorama
64 Vāchaspati
Bhooshāvathi
Bhagavataranjana
Bhogeeshwari
Bhooshāvali
Dwigāndhārabhooshani
Gaganamohini
Gurupriya
Hrdhini
Mangalakari
Mukthidāyini
Nādhabrahma
Pranavākāri
Saraswathi
Shivaranjani (Original)
Triveni
Utthari
65 Mechakalyāni
Shānthakalyāni
Amritha Kalyani (Raga created by Mahesh Mahadev)
Amritha Behāg
Aprameya
Bhoopkalyāni
Bhoopāli
Chandrakāntha
Hameer (Anya swara* :)
Hameer Kalyāni







(Anya swara* :)
Hamsakalyāni
Kalyānadāyini
Kannadamaruva
Kedār * * (Anya swara* :)
Kowmoda
Kunthalashreekānti
Mohana Kalyāni
Mrgānandhana
Nada Kalyani (Raga created by Mahesh Mahadev)S R₂ M₂ P N₃ Ṡ
Nāndhakalyāni
Pramodhini
Rajasadhaka (Raga created by Mahesh Mahadev)
Sāranga



(Anya swara* :)
Sāranga Tārangini
Shilangi
Shuddha Sārang (Anya swara* :)
Suddha Koshala
Shyām Kalyān (Anya swara* :)
Sunādavinodini / Hindol of Hindustani
Swayambhooshwara Rāga
Vandanadhārini
Vivāhapriyā [7]
Yamuna Kalyāni / Yaman Kalyan (Anya swara* :)
66 Chitrāmbari
Chaturāngini
Amritavarshini
Chitrasindhu
Churnikavinodhini
Vijayakoshalam
67 Sucharitrā
Santhāna Manjari
68 Jyothisvarūpiṇi
Jyothi
Deepavarāli
Jyothishmathi
Rāmagiri
69 Dhātuvardhani
Dhowtha Panchamam
Dhwithiyapanchamam
Sumukham
Tavapriyā
70 Nāsikābhūśaṇi
Nāsāmani
Marakathagowla
Thilakamandāri
71 Kōsalam
Kusumākaram
Ayodhya
72 Rasikapriyā
Rasamanjari
Hamsagiri
Ishtārangini
Nāgagiri

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The "ka-Ta-pa-ya" scheme and its application to mELAkarta raagas of Carnatic Music.
  2. Anand . Raman. The Ancient Katapayadi Formula and the Modern Hashing Method. 10.1.1.18.9659 .
  3. Sri Muthuswami Dikshitar Keerthanaigal by Vainika Vidwan A. Sundaram Iyer (part 2 section II and III), Published 1989, Music Books Publishers, Mylapore, Chennai
  4. Book: Bharatiya Samagana Sabha . Saamagana Indian Classical Music Magazine July 2018 - India’s Monthly Classical Music Magazine . 2018-07-09.
  5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEJn3FtVYLQ Abhishek Raghuram - Thiruvarul - Rupakam -Raga Beethovanapriya - Invented by Ramesh Vinayakam - YouTube
  6. Web site: Pinto . Arun . 2023-01-19 . Sri Tyagaraja - a New Raga in Carnatic Music by Mahesh Mahadev . 2023-01-21 . News Karnataka . en-US.
  7. The notes of Vivahapriya raga are theoretically same as Saranga Tarangini, are we missing something?)