Mīnākṣi Mē Mudam

Minakshi Me Mudam

Pūrvī Kalyāṇi rāga · Ādi Tāla tāla·kshetra

Mīnākṣi mē mudam dehi

Raga preview · Pūrvī Kalyāṇi · Ādi Tāla

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

Pallavi

Mīnākṣi mē mudam dehi, mēcakāṅgi rāja-mātaṅgi

Mīnākṣi (the fish-eyed goddess), bestow delight upon me — dark-bodied one, royal Mātaṅgī.

Anupallavi theme

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 5 cycle(s)

Paramparā

Saṅgīta Sampradāya Pradarśinī (1904)

This page shows the kṛti's playable notation + opening sahitya. Bhāva, rāga svarūpa, learning-path, and full word-by-word sahitya are added incrementally as our musicologist reviews each kṛti.