Mīnākṣi Mē Mudam
verified pallaviMinakshi Me Mudam
Pūrvī Kalyāṇi rāga · Ādi Tāla tāla·kshetra
Mīnākṣi mē mudam dehi
Interactive notation — click any svara to hear it
Theme
Mīnākṣi — fish-eyed goddess of Madurai grants delight
A deeper bhāva note is being authored by our musicologist; this short theme stands in until then.
Sahitya
Mīnākṣi mē mudam dehi, mēcakāṅgi rāja-mātaṅgi
Mīnākṣi (the fish-eyed goddess), bestow delight upon me — dark-bodied one, royal Mātaṅgī.
Praise of Mīnākṣi at Madurai, her marriage to Sundareśvara
Describes her form, her wedding to Sundareśvara, and the splendour of Madurai. The kṛti is in Pūrvī Kalyāṇi (a janya of mela 53 Gamanaśrama).
Tāla — Ādi Tāla
Caturaśra-jāti Tripuṭa — laghu(4) + dhruta + dhruta = 8 beats. The most common Carnatic tāla.
8 beats per āvarta · this notation spans ? cycle(s)
Paramparā
Saṅgīta Sampradāya Pradarśinī (1904)