Sri Kanthimathim – Hemavathi – Dikshitar
Another song that I loved when I learnt is Sri Kanthimathim.
Raagam: Hemavathi
Thalam: Aadhi
Composer: Muthuswamy Dikshitar
The song goes like this
pallavi
shrI kAntimatIm shaHNkara yuvatIm shrI guruguhajananIm vandEham
caraNam
hRImkAra bIjAkAra vadanAm
hiraNya maNimaya shObhAsadanAm
pAkashAsnAdi dEva vintuAm
parashurAmanata himashailasutAm
madhyama Kaalam
shuka shaunakAdi sadArAdhitAm shuddha
tAmraparNItaTasthitAm shaHNkhA dyaSTOttara sahasra
kalashAbhiSEkAmOdAmsurahitAm
Chittaswaram
N ; D P N D N S G ; R P ; M G R |
G M P M P N D P |
S N D P M G R ; ||
G M P D N S G R M G R S N D R S |
N D P D P M G R |
D D P P M G R S ||
A little about the raagam itself.
To get a feel of the raagam you can listen to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alqPjYS4q3Y
The hemavathi raagam is a melakartha raagam. That is, it is not derived from any other raagam. It is the 58th melakartha raagam.
Aa: S R2 G2 M2 P D2 N2 S
Av: S N2 D2 P M2 G2 R2 S
This raagam differs from karaharapriya by just the madhyamam
This raagam is called Called dEshisimhAravam in the Diksitar mela system
Janya raagams are
Chandrarekha
Hamsabramhari
Hemambari
Hemapriya
Kshemakari
Madhukowns
Shakthiroopini
Simharava
Vijayasaaranga
Vijayashraangi
Yaagini
Some kalpana swarams for this song can be found at http://www.scribd.com/doc/6903787/Sri-Kanthimathim-Kalpana-Swaram
