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Days of Untruth: Raga Audio Reference

Rooted in the Carnatic classical tradition of South India, the Melakarta system is a complete grammar of tonality — 72 parent scales (janaka ragas), each a distinct heptatonic arrangement of Shadja, Rishabha, Gandhara, Madhyama, Panchama, Dhaivata, and Nishada, codified so that every possible seven-note scale within the octave finds its place. Each raga carries not just an intervallic shape but an inherited mood, a time of day, a season — a listening world of its own.

This reference traces all 72 through Days of Untruth, a body of original post-classical work by Salim Nair. The compositions take the raga vocabulary as their tonal and emotional foundation and carry it into electronic production — layered synthesis, live performance, and the kind of patient repetition you find in the classical tradition, given new texture in a contemporary context. Hear the full Melakarta Ragas playlist on YouTube.

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Showing 72 of 72 ragas

#	Raga	Raga Notes	Note Numbers	Sample
1	Kanakangi	S R1 G1 M1 P D1 N1 S	[0, 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9]
2	Ratnangi	S R1 G1 M1 P D1 N2 S	[0, 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 10]
3	Ganamurti	S R1 G1 M1 P D1 N3 S	[0, 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11]
4	Vanaspati	S R1 G1 M1 P D2 N2 S	[0, 1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 10]
5	Manavati	S R1 G1 M1 P D2 N3 S	[0, 1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 11]	missing
6	Tanarupi	S R1 G1 M1 P D3 N3 S	[0, 1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 11]
7	Senavati	S R1 G2 M1 P D1 N1 S	[0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9]
8	Hanumatodi	S R1 G2 M1 P D1 N2 S	[0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10]
9	Dhenuka	S R1 G2 M1 P D1 N3 S	[0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11]	missing
10	Natakapriya	S R1 G2 M1 P D2 N2 S	[0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10]
11	Kokilapriya	S R1 G2 M1 P D2 N3 S	[0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11]
12	Rupavati	S R1 G2 M1 P D3 N3 S	[0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, 11]
13	Gayakapriya	S R1 G3 M1 P D1 N1 S	[0, 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9]
14	Vakulabharanam	S R1 G3 M1 P D1 N2 S	[0, 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10]
15	Mayamalavagowla	S R1 G3 M1 P D1 N3 S	[0, 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11]
16	Chakravakam	S R1 G3 M1 P D2 N2 S	[0, 1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10]
17	Suryakantam	S R1 G3 M1 P D2 N3 S	[0, 1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11]
18	Hatakambari	S R1 G3 M1 P D3 N3 S	[0, 1, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11]
19	Jhankaradhwani	S R2 G2 M1 P D1 N1 S	[0, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9]
20	Natabhairavi	S R2 G2 M1 P D1 N2 S	[0, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10]
21	Keeravani	S R2 G2 M1 P D1 N3 S	[0, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11]
22	Kharaharapriya	S R2 G2 M1 P D2 N2 S	[0, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10]
23	Gourimanohari	S R2 G2 M1 P D2 N3 S	[0, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11]
24	Varunapriya	S R2 G2 M1 P D3 N3 S	[0, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 11]
25	Mararanjani	S R2 G3 M1 P D1 N1 S	[0, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9]
26	Charukeshi	S R2 G3 M1 P D1 N2 S	[0, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10]
27	Sarasangi	S R2 G3 M1 P D1 N3 S	[0, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11]
28	Harikambhoji	S R2 G3 M1 P D2 N2 S	[0, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10]
29	Dheerashankarabharanam	S R2 G3 M1 P D2 N3 S	[0, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11]
30	Naganandini	S R2 G3 M1 P D3 N3 S	[0, 2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11]
31	Yagapriya	S R3 G3 M1 P D1 N1 S	[0, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9]	missing
32	Ragavardhini	S R3 G3 M1 P D1 N2 S	[0, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10]
33	Gangeyabhushani	S R3 G3 M1 P D1 N3 S	[0, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11]
34	Vagadheeswari	S R3 G3 M1 P D2 N2 S	[0, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10]
35	Shulini	S R3 G3 M1 P D2 N3 S	[0, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11]
36	Chalanata	S R3 G3 M1 P D3 N3 S	[0, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11]
37	Salagam	S R1 G1 M2 P D1 N1 S	[0, 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9]
38	Jalarnavam	S R1 G1 M2 P D1 N2 S	[0, 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 10]
39	Jhalavarali	S R1 G1 M2 P D1 N3 S	[0, 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 11]
40	Navaneetam	S R1 G1 M2 P D2 N2 S	[0, 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 10]
41	Pavani	S R1 G1 M2 P D2 N3 S	[0, 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 11]
42	Raghupriya	S R1 G1 M2 P D3 N3 S	[0, 1, 2, 6, 7, 10, 11]
43	Gavambodhi	S R1 G2 M2 P D1 N1 S	[0, 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9]
44	Bhavapriya	S R1 G2 M2 P D1 N2 S	[0, 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10]
45	Shubhapantuvarali	S R1 G2 M2 P D1 N3 S	[0, 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 11]
46	Shadvidhamargini	S R1 G2 M2 P D2 N2 S	[0, 1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10]
47	Suvarnangi	S R1 G2 M2 P D2 N3 S	[0, 1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 11]	missing
48	Divyamani	S R1 G2 M2 P D3 N3 S	[0, 1, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11]
49	Dhavalambari	S R1 G3 M2 P D1 N1 S	[0, 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9]
50	Namanarayani	S R1 G3 M2 P D1 N2 S	[0, 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10]
51	Kamavardani	S R1 G3 M2 P D1 N3 S	[0, 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11]
52	Ramapriya	S R1 G3 M2 P D2 N2 S	[0, 1, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10]
53	Gamanashrama	S R1 G3 M2 P D2 N3 S	[0, 1, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11]
54	Vishwambari	S R1 G3 M2 P D3 N3 S	[0, 1, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11]
55	Shamalangi	S R2 G2 M2 P D1 N1 S	[0, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9]
56	Shanmukhapriya	S R2 G2 M2 P D1 N2 S	[0, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10]
57	Simhendramadhyamam	S R2 G2 M2 P D1 N3 S	[0, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 11]
58	Hemavati	S R2 G2 M2 P D2 N2 S	[0, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10]
59	Dharmavati	S R2 G2 M2 P D2 N3 S	[0, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 11]
60	Neetimati	S R2 G2 M2 P D3 N3 S	[0, 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11]
61	Kantamani	S R2 G3 M2 P D1 N1 S	[0, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9]
62	Rishabhapriya	S R2 G3 M2 P D1 N2 S	[0, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10]
63	Latangi	S R2 G3 M2 P D1 N3 S	[0, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11]
64	Vachaspati	S R2 G3 M2 P D2 N2 S	[0, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10]
65	Mechakalyani	S R2 G3 M2 P D2 N3 S	[0, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11]
66	Chitrambari	S R2 G3 M2 P D3 N3 S	[0, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11]
67	Sucharitra	S R3 G3 M2 P D1 N1 S	[0, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9]
68	Jyotisvarupini	S R3 G3 M2 P D1 N2 S	[0, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10]
69	Dhatuvardani	S R3 G3 M2 P D1 N3 S	[0, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11]
70	Nasikabhushani	S R3 G3 M2 P D2 N2 S	[0, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10]
71	Kosalam	S R3 G3 M2 P D2 N3 S	[0, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11]
72	Rasikapriya	S R3 G3 M2 P D3 N3 S	[0, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11]

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