Gujjari

{{Short description|Rāga of the tradition of Odissi music}} {{Infobox Odissi raga |badi=Panchama |sambadi=Sadaja |angaraga=[[Mangala Gujjari]] |odia=ଗୁଜ୍ଜରୀ |arohana=S n d P M g R S |abarohana=S R g M P d n S |mela=Karnāta |jati=Sampurna - Sampurna |raga_name=Gujjari |name=Gujjari |allied=[[Abhiri]] }} '''Gujjari''' ({{Langx|or|ଗୁଜ୍ଜରୀ|translit=gujjari}}) 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=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=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'' Karnāta,<ref>{{Cite book |title=Odisi Raga Sarani |publisher=Odissi Research Centre |year=2004 |location=Bhubaneswar}}</ref> the raga uses ''komala gandhara, komala dhaibata'' and ''komala nisada'' swaras and is traditionally associated with the ''karuṇa 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>'' The raga is mentioned in treatises such as the ''[[Gita Prakasa]]''<ref name=":12">{{Cite book |last=Badajena Mahapatra |first=Krusnadasa |title=Geeta Prakash |publisher=Odisha Sangeet Natak Akademi |year=1983 |editor-last=Panigrahi |editor-first=Nilamadhab |location=Bhubaneswar |author-link=Krusnadasa Badajena Mahapatra}}</ref> and ''[[Sangita Narayana]].''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Deva |first=Gajapati Narayana |title=Sangita Narayana |publisher=Odisha Sangeet Natak Akademi |year=1966 |editor-last=Acharya |editor-first=Pt. Banambara |location=Bhubaneswar |editor-last2=Patnaik |editor-first2=Kabichandra Kali Charan |editor-link2=Kalicharan Pattnaik |editor-last3=Mohapatra |editor-first3=Kedarnath |editor-link3=Kedarnath Mohapatra}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> Among its ''angaragas'', [[Mangala Gujjari]] is most prominent and has been used by [[Jayadeva]] in his [[Gita Govinda]], alongside Gujjari itself.<ref name=":02">{{Cite book |last=Panda |first=Gopal Chandra |title=Sri Gita Gobinda Swara Lipi |publisher=Smt. Bhagabati Panda |year=1995 |location=Bhubaneswar |language=or |trans-title=Notated music of the Gita Govinda |author-link=Gopal Chandra Panda}}</ref>

== Structure == An ancient raga, Gujjari 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 ''aroha-abaroha'' are given below :

''Aroha :'' S R g M P d n S

''Abaroha :'' S n d P M g R S

The raga dwells or does ''nyasa'' on the ''rusabha'', as per tradition.<ref name=":0" />{{Odissi Classical Music sidebar}}

== Compositions == Some of the well-known traditional compositions in this raga include :

* ''Syama Nagara Pari'' by [[Banamali Dasa]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dasa |first=Banamali |title=Banamali Padyabali |publisher=Arunodaya Pustakalaya |year=1934 |editor-last=Dasa Goswami |editor-first=Babaji Baishnaba Charana |location=[[Cuttack]] |language=Odia}}</ref>

== References == <references />

[[Category:Ragas of Odissi music]] [[Category:Hindustani ragas]] [[Category:Hindustani music terminology]]