{{Short description|Rāga of the tradition of Odissi music}} {{Infobox Odissi raga |badi=Rusabha |sambadi=Panchama |angaraga= |odia=ଚିନ୍ତା କାମୋଦୀ |arohana=S N D n D P M G R S |abarohana=S R M P D S |mela=Sri |jati=Oudaba - Bakra Sampurna |raga_name=Chinta Kamodi |name=Chinta Kamodi |allied=[[Rasa Kamodi]] }} '''Chinta Kamodi''' ({{Langx|or|ଚିନ୍ତା କାମୋଦୀ|translit=chintā kāmodi}}) is a [[Raga|rāga]] belonging to the tradition of [[Odissi music]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Panda |first=Pt. Gopal Chandra |title=Odisi Raga Ratnabali |year=2004 |location=Bhubaneswar |language=hi |script-title=hi:ओडिसी राग रत्नावली |oclc=225908458 |author-link=Gopal Chandra Panda}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Parhi |first=Dr. Kirtan Narayan |title=The Classicality of Orissi Music |publisher=Maxcurious Publications Pvt. Ltd. |year=2017 |isbn=9788193215128 |location=India |pages=383 |author-link=Kirtan Narayan Parhi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Hota |first=Dr. Damodar |title=Udra Paddhatiya Sangita |publisher=Swara-Ranga |year=2012 |volume=2 |location=Bhubaneswar |pages=18–19 |language=or |author-link=Damodar Hota}}</ref> Falling under the ''meḷa'' Sri,<ref>{{Cite book |title=Odisi Raga Sarani |publisher=Odissi Research Centre |year=2004 |location=Bhubaneswar}}</ref> the raga uses both ''suddha nisada'' and ''komala nisada'' swaras and is traditionally associated with the ''bhakti rasa.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Misra |first=Purusottama |title=Sangitanarayana (A Seventeenth Century Text on Music and Dance from Orissa) |publisher=Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts and Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd. |year=2009 |isbn=9788120832886 |editor-last=Bose |editor-first=Prof. Mandakranta}}</ref>'' Occasionally, the ''komala gandhara'' is employed in a ''bakra prayoga''.
== Structure == An ancient raga, Chinta Kamodi is accepted as one of the primary ''melas'' in Odissi music due to its prominence. It has been used by hundreds of poet-composers for well-over the past many centuries.<ref name=":32">{{Cite book |last=Das |first=Ramhari |title=Odissi Sangeetara Parampara O Prayoga |publisher=Kaishikee Prakashani |year=2004 |location=Bhubaneswar, Odisha |language=or |script-title=or:ଓଡ଼ିଶୀ ସଙ୍ଗୀତର ପରମ୍ପରା ଓ ପ୍ରୟୋଗ |trans-title=The tradition and method of Odissi music |author-link=Ramhari Das}}</ref> Its ''bakra'' or devious ''aroha-abaroha'' are given below:
''Aroha:'' S R M P D S
''Abaroha:'' S N D n D P M G R S
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== Compositions == Some of the well-known traditional compositions in this raga include:
* ''[[Ahe Nila Saila]]'' by [[Salabega]] * ''Mana Uddharana Kara He Karana'' by [[Upendra Bhanja]]
== References == <references />
{{Odissi music}} {{Odissi music ragas}}
[[Category:Ragas of Odissi music]]