Navaratna mala by Deekshidhar

[padmanabha]

NEED THE LYRICS OF NARATNA MALA KRITIS BY DEEKSHIDHAR
AT LEAST MAYATHEETHA SWARUPINI

[Lakshman]

What are the songs in navaratnamala?
mAyAtIta svarUpiNi is by the Tanjavur Quartette.

mAyAtIta svarUpiNi. rAgA: mAyAmALavagauLa. rUpaka tALA.

P: mAyAtIta svarUpiNi nannu brOvavE mahA tripurasundari shankari
A: mAyAmALavagauLa dEshamuna mahimagala tolararcincu (or yatulakellanu) Ishvari (shankari)
(madhyamakAlam)
kAyajuni vairiki prANa kAnta brhadIshvari (or jagadIshvari) krpa
sEya valenu mA guruguha svAmiki nE dASuDaiti

[padmanabha]

5 specilaities of Deekshidhar krithi are

1. choice of words (Mayatheeta for instance in this song)

2. Samashti charanam (with out Anu Pallavi or pallavi to charanam)

3. raga mudra

4. guruguha

5. madhyama kaala sahityam


Shri Rajam former PRICINPAL OF MADRAS MUSIC ACADEMY IN 1940 stayed for three yearS at POONJAR PALACE taught my relative BHAWANI CHECHI. She clearly remembers that this Krithi was taught to her by Shri Rajam as Deekshidhar's. (NOTED musican/composer KAITHAPRAM DAMODARAN NAMPOOTHIRI is her disciple) The above five qualities of Deekshidhar is evident in this work as well.
Then, how this work became Ponnaih/Tanjore Quartette's?

I am doing a small work on this and after completion i will post it.

[Lakshman]

My reasons: This song mAyAtIta svarUpiNi is not in any of the published works of Dikshitar's songs- for example: the following books
Kritimanimalai by Rangaramanuja Iyengar volume 3, tamil edition
Dikshita kirtanamala volumes 1 -14 by Vinai A.Sundaram Iyer
Muttusvami Dikshitar (Index given at the end of book) by Dr.V.Raghavan
Sangita Sampradaya Pradarshini by Subbarama Dikshitar

It is found in the following books and credited to the Tanjavur Quartette.
Adi Sangita Rasarnavam by K.V.Srinivasa Iyengar - M.Adi & Co
Tanjai Peruvudaiyan Perisai by Sangita Kalanidhi K.Ponniah Pillai

If you wish to see these in print, I can scan the pages and email them to you.
Sri Rajam is still in Chennai and he can confirm what I have posted.

You can also post this query on rasikas.org forum and carnatica.net forum to find out if it is by TQ.

Also see here:
http://ca.yhs.search.yahoo.com/avg/s...tita+swarupini

[padmanabha]

thanks...
I will ask Bhawani chechi to write to her Guru.