Sri Thyagaraja Swami


Sri Thyagaraja is no doubt an institution by himself. He is a great composer, a musician, a musicologist, a mystic and a jnana, karma and above all, nada yogin all rolled into one. To make the most proper assessment of the place of Thyagaraja in the musical firmament and to assess his gigantic contribution to the development of music is not easy.

The classical music of the present day is very much the fruit of the efforts of the three master composers, Shyama Sastry, Thyagaraja and Muthuswamy Dikshitar. The supreme virtue of Thyagaraja's compositions lies in having created his kingdom and peopled it with the heirs of his own imagination'', as one scholar has observed. The period prior to the advent of Thyagaraja and his two illustrious contemporaries proved in every way to be a 'prelude to a great action'. Much had been in the making and a wellset background had been kept ready for the great Thyagaraja to launch his colossal project. The sahitya oriented and soul stirring compositions of divine content, such as those of Annamacharya, Purandaradasa, Ramadasa etc., had been ushered in profusion.

Thyagaraja's mother feasted the tender ears of her son with the devotional and soul stirring compositions of Purandara Dasa, Ramadas, and Vijaya Gopala etc. The forte of Thyagaraja was his concept of Nada Rachana. Each of his innumerable compositions, running at least into hundreds if not thousands, has its own individual musical setting. He has composed a number of songs in one and the same raga. But every song independently stands by itself. The Dhatu of one does not resemble that of the other. Thyagaraja chose the Kriti as his mould for the expression of the musical ideals - the Kriti is the one type of composition which is not tied and bound by too many rigid rules and requisitions. The technique of featuring a raga as evolved by Thyagaraja is astounding, besides being highly thought provoking which is sometimes beyond our apprehension. However, a few striking features are clearly discernible :

1) Ragas with an absolutely and admittedly limited scope. These more or less comprise the Ragas of tradition.

2) Ragas which are widely acknowledged to have been adopted only by him for the first time.

3) and those which have been evolved and developed by him and him alone.

In all these cases Thyagaraja has his own characteristic way of featuring the raga at its minimum, without giving scope for any ambiguity. He indicates the scale structure at the very opening bars of the song and keeps the track clear. He does not in any way deviate from the scale structure.

Among nearly 210 ragas adopted by Thyagaraja, a large number have continued textual tradition, some of them could be traced to medieval literatures. Quite a good number have been known to the great Sankeertanacharya of the 16th century A.D. as we could gather his songs in such ragas in the copper plates. These include the most popular melas and their janyas.

Some of these janyas had been designated as purva melas. Among nearly 35 melas employed by Thyagaraja, particular mention must be made of kharaharapriya and Harikhamboji. These two could no doubt, be traced to the ancient grama period but as full-fledged entities with their full melodic worth, these two were brought to light markedly by Thyagaraja. Some of the masterpieces of the immortal bard of Thiruvaiyaru have been treasured in these two heptatonic scales. The absence of kritis in these two ragas by his other two famous contemporaries only reflects their outlook, rather their not being very much particular in adhering to the fullness of the scale in both its ascent and descent.

With regard to some melas left out by Thyagaraja, it may be pointed out that he has chosen to compose in some of the janya ragas thereof. As examples may be mentioned the following :- Srimani under Ratnangi, Veeravasantham under Varunapriya, Dundubhi under Divyamani, Ranjani under Dharmavathi Kaikavasi under Hamsanada.

With regard to those ragas in which we find only Thyagaraja's kritis for the first time and which are left untouched by other subsequent composers, his technique of featuring them is something unique. He maintains the frame work and never deviates from the scale structure. The interesting point worthy of note rests on the fact that we are even today unable to get any clue to these ragas in any contemporaneous work, not to speak of authentic work of the earlier times.

Sri Thyagaraja was not only a great composer, but a scholar, teacher, philosopher, poet and a prophet all rolled into one. His remarkable musical acumen attracted innumerable disciples. His qualification for the status of Sadguru may be explained under the following three heads :

His Musical Genius :
His compositions known for their religious fervour, poetic excellence, philosophic content, unification of thought and music and lastly and more importantly the triple confluence of melody, rhythm and tala (Triveni-Sangama) are excellent pieces of divine art meant mainly to enlighten man-kind to realise the Ultimate Bliss or Amritattwa. Moreover, the compositions reflect all the important attributes of the real music i.e. universality and emotional appeal, transcendental Value of Spiritualising the man-kind, Curative powers of soothing the agitated mind and lastly the educative and unifying value. So, evidently the compositions display his inner feelings evoking different rasas or emotions.

His Personality :
Being pious and deeply religious minded and devoted to Lord Rama, he was a person with a divine outlook. Through his music, he not only achieved self-prosperity - spiritual not material, but also propagated the quintessential truth as enshrined in the great Indian scriptures like Vedas, Puranas, Agamas and Upanishads. So, arguebly, he never craved for publicity.

His Social Committment :
Thyagarajaswamy was not only instrumental in inculcating the sense of devotion in the almighty but also the sense of righteousness (which is one of the stepping stones for achieving mukti), service to society, spiritual attitude in the Masses. Through the wonderful medium of his devotional music, he exhorted the mankind to earn the divine grace through love, compassion and service and tried to transport them to great spiritual heights so as to enable them to taste the sweet nectre of divine bliss which he himself ultimately realised. So he was chiefly instrumental in helping people dispel their miseries and sordidness of material world.

- (Excerpts taken from the book Study of Raga System of South Indian Classical Music by Dr. S.R. Janaki Raman and Preface to Thyagaraja, the Sadguru by Dr. S. Vidya Shankar)



Compositions: (this list covers all known Tyagaraja kritis including those attributed to this composer)

aa daya shree - aahiri

aaDamODi galadE - caarukEshi

aaDavaaramella gooDi - yadukula kaambhOji

aananda saagara - garuDadhvani

aanandamaanandamaayenu - bhairavi

aaragimpavE - tODi

abheeshhTa varada - hamsadwani

abhimaanamennaDu galgura - vivardhani, kunjari

abhimaanamu lEdimi - andhali

adi kaadu bhajana - yadukula kaambhOji

aDigi sukhamu - madyamaavati

aDugu varamula - aarabi

alakalalla - madyamaavati

allakallOla - sowraashTram

amba ninnu nammiti - aarabi

amma dharma samvardhani - aThaaNaa

amma raavamma - kalyaaNi

anaatuDanu gaanu - jingala

anduNDaka nE vEga - kaamavardhani

anupama guNaambudhi - aThaaNaa

anuraagamulE - swaraswati

anyaayamu sEyakura - kaapi

aparaadhamula nOrva - rasaaLi

aparaadhamulamaanpi - darbaar

appa raama bhakti - kaamavardhani

ataDE dhanyuduraa - kaapi

aTTa balukudu - aThaaNaa

aTu kaaraadani - manOranjani

baagaayanayya - candrajyOti

baala kanakamaya - aThaaNaa

baale baalEndu - reeti gowLa

baDalika deera - reeti gowLa

balamu kulamu - saavEri

bantureetikOlu - hamsanaadam

bhaja raamam satatam - husEni

bhaja rE raghuveeram - kalyaaNi

bhajana parula - shuruTTi

bhajana sEya raadaa - aThaaNaa

bhajana sEyavE - kalyaaNi

bhajana sEyu margamunu - naaraayaNi

bhajarE bhaja maanasa - kannaDa

bhakti bicchamiyyavE - shankaraabharaNam

bhaktuni caaritramu - bEgaDa

bhavanuta na - mOhanam

bhavasannuta - varaaLi

bhuvini daasuDanE - shree ranjani

brindaavana lOla - tODi

brOcEvaarevarE - shree ranjani

brOva bhaaramaa - bahudaari

buddhi raadu - shankaraabharaNam

caala kallalaaDu - aarabi

caalu caalu - saavEri

cakkani raaja - kharaharapriyaa

calamElaraa - maargahindOLam

callaga naatO - vEgavaahini

callarE raamacandru - aahiri

cani tODi tEvE - harikaambhOji

cEDE buddhi maanuraa - aThaaNaa

celimini jalajaakshhu - yadukula kaambhOji

centanE sadaa - kuntala varaaLi

cEra raavadEmiraa - reeti gowLa

cEsinadella - tODi

cEtulaara shrngaaramu - kharaharapriyaa

cinna naaDE - kalaanidhi

cintistunnaaDE - mukhaari

cooDarE celulaara - kaamavardhani

cootamu raarE - aarabi

daacukO valenaa - tODi

daasarathE - kOkilapriyaa

daasharathee - tODi

daNDamu beTTEdanuraa - baalahamsa

daridaapulEka vEDitE - saavEri

darini telusukonTi - sudda saavEri

darshanamu sEya - naaraayaNa gowLa

dasharatha nandana - asaavEri, saavEri

daya joocuTa kidi - ganavaridhi

daya sEyavayyaa - yadukula kaambhOji

dayalEni bratukEmi - naayaki

dayaraanee dayaraanee - mOhanam

deena janaavana - bowLi

dEhi tava - sahaanaa

dEva raama raama - sowraashTram

dEva shree tapasteerthapura - madyamaavati

dEvaadi dEva - sindu raamakriyaa

dEvee shree tulasamma - maayamaaLava gowLa

dharanu nee sari - varaaLi

dharmaatma nannipuDu - kEdaara gowLa

dhyaanamE varamaina - dhanyaasi

dinamaNi vamsha - harikaambhOji

dorakunaa ani - tODi

dorakunaa iTuvanTi sEva - bilahari

duDukugala nannEdora - gowLa

durmaargacaraa - ranjani

dwaitamu sukhamaa - reeti gowLa

E nOmu nOcitimO - punnaagavaraaLi

E paapamu - aThaaNaa

E panikO - asaavEri

E raamuni - vakulaabharaNam

E taavunaraa - kalyaaNi

E varamaDuguduraa - kalyaaNi

Edaari sancarinturaa - kaantaamaNi

Edi nee baahu - darbaar, kaapi

eduTa nilicitE - shankaraabharaNam

ee mEnu galginanduku - varaaLi

ee vasudha - sahaanaa

eesha paahimaam - kalyaaNi

eevaraku joocinadi - shankaraabharaNam

Ehi trijagadeesha - saaranga, shankaraabharaNam

Ela teliyalErO - darbaar

Elaavataaram - mukhaari

Elaraa shree - kaambhOji

EmaanaticcEdivO - sahaanaa

EmandunE vicitramunu - shreemaNi

Emani maaTaaDitivO - tODi

Emani neranammu - sowraashTram

Emani pogaDuduraa - varuNapriyaa

Emani vEgintunE - husEni

EmEmO teliyaka - sowraashTram

Emi dOva balkumaa - saaranga

Emi jEsitE - tODi

Emi nEramu - shankaraabharaNam

EnaaTi nOmu phalamu - bhairavi

endaro mahaanubhavulu - shree

endu baayaraa - dhanyaasi

endu daaginaaDO - tODi

endu kowgalinturaa - sudda dEsi

endukee calamu - shankaraabharaNam

endukO baaga teliyadu - mOhanam

endukO nee manasu - kalyaaNi

enduku dayaraaduraa - tODi

enduku nirdaya evarunnaaruraa - harikaambhOji

enduku peddala - shankaraabharaNam

enduNDi veDalitivO - darbaar

ennaaLLu nee trOva - kaapi

ennaaLLu oorakE - shubhapantuvaraaLi

ennaaLLu tirigEdi - maaLavashree

ennaDO rakshhincitE - sowraashTram

ennaDu jootunO - kalaavati

ennaga manasuku - neelaambari

enta bhaagyamu - saaranga

enta nErccina - udhaya ravi candrikaa

enta paapinaiti - gowLipantu

enta raani - harikaambhOji

enta vEDukondu - saraswati manOhari

entamuddO enta - bindumaalini

entani nE - mukhaari

entanucu sairintunu - yadukula kaambhOji

entanucu varnintunE - sowraashTram

Etaavuna nErcitivO - yadukula kaambhOji

ETi janmamidi - varaaLi

eTi yOcanalu - keeraNaavaLi

eTlaa dorakitivO - vasantaa

eTlaa kanugondunO - ghanTa

eTula brOtuvO - cakravaakam

eTula gaapaaDuduvO - aahiri

eTulaina bhakti - shyaamaa

evaraina lEraa - siddhasEna

evarani - dEvaamrutavarshini

evaricciriraa - madyamaavati

evarikai avataaram - dEva manOhari

evarimaaTa - kaambhOji

evaritO nE - maanavati

evarooraa ninnu vinaa - mOhanam

evaru manaku - dEvagaandhaari

evaru teliyaka - tODi

evaru teliyanu - punnaagavaraaLi

evarunnaaru - maaLavashree

Evidhamulanaina - shankaraabharaNam, kalyaaNi

evvarE raamayya - gangayabhooshhani

gaanamoortE - gaanamoorti

gaaravimpa raadaa - ghanTa

gandhamu puyyarugaa - punnaagavaraaLi

garuDa gamana vaasudEva - gowri manOhari

gata mOhaa - shankaraabharaNam

gati neevani - tODi

gaTTigaanu nanu - bEgaDa

geetaarthamu - shuruTTi

ghuma ghuma ghumayani - sowraashTram

giripai nelakonna - sahaanaa

giriraaja sutaa - bangaaLa

graha balam - rEvagupti

gurulEka eTuvaNTi - gowri manOhari

haridaasulu veDalu - yamunaa kalyaaNi

hariyanu vaani - tODi

hecerika ga - yadukula kaambhOji

idE bhaagyamu - kannaDa

idi neeku meragaaduraa - punnaagavaraaLi

idi samayamuraa - caayanaaTTai

ika kaavalasinadEmi - baalahamsa

ilalO praNataarti - aThaaNaa

indukaa ee tanuvunu - punnaagavaraaLi

indukaa puTTincitivi - bhairavi

indukEmi sEtu - varaaLi

inka yOcana - ghanTa

inkaa daya raakuNTE - naaraayaNa gowLa

innaaLLavale - dEshyatODi, tODi

innaaLLu - naaraayaNa gowLa

innaaLLu nannElli - ghanTa

inta bhaagyamani - punnaagavaraaLi

inta sowkhyamani nE - kaapi

intakanna delpa - saavEri

intakannaanandam - bilahari

intanucu varNimpa - gunDakriyaa

intanucu varNimpa - saavEri

ipuDaina nannu - aarabi

itara daivamula - caayataarangini

jaanakee naayaka - dhanyaasi

jaanakee ramaNaa - sudda seemantini

jagadaananda kaarakaa - naaTTai

janakajaa samEta - asaavEri

jaya jaya shree raghuraamaa - gowri

jayamangaLam nitya shubhamangaLam - ghanTa

jayamangaLam nitya shubhamangaLam - mOhanam

jayamangaLam nitya shubhamangaLam - naadanaamakriyaa

jE jE seetaaraam - saavEri

jnaana mosaga - poorvi kalyaaNi, shhadvidamaargini

jO jO raama - reeti gowLa

kaalaharaNa - sudda saavEri

kaaru vElpulu - kalyaaNi

kaarubaaru sEyuvaaru - mukhaari

kaasiccedE - gowLipantu

kadalE vaaDu gaadE - naaraayaNa gowLa

kaDatEra raadaa - tODi

kaddanuvaariki - tODi

kaLala nErcina - deepakam

kalashavaardhijaam - ratnaangi

kaligiyuNTEgadaa - keeravaaNi

kalinarulaku - kuntala varaaLi

kalugunaa pada - poornalalitaa

kamala bhavuDu - kalyaaNi

kamalaapta kula - brindaavana saaranga

kanaka na ruchira - varaaLi

kanna talli neevu - saavEri

kanna taNDri naapai - dEva manOhari

kaNTa jooDumi - lataangi, vaacaspati

kanugoNTini - bilahari

kanugonu sowkhyamu - naayaki

kanulu taakani - kalyaaNa vasantam

karmamE balavanta - saavEri

karuNa ElaagaNTE - varaaLi

karuNa jooDavamma - tODi

karuNa jooDavayya - saaranga

karuNaa jaladE - tODi

karuNaa jaladhee - kEdaara gowLa

karuNaa samudra - dEvagaandhaari

kaTTu jEsinaavu - aThaaNaa

koluvaiyunnaaDE - bhairavi

koluvaiyunnaaDE - dEvagaandhaari

koluvamare gada - tODi

koniyaaDEDu - kOkiladhwani

kOri sEvimparaarE - kharaharapriyaa

kOri vaccitinayya - bilahari

kOTi naa dalu - tODi

krishNaa maakEmi - punnaagavaraaLi

krpa joocuTaku - caayataarangini

ksheeNamai tiruga - mukhaari

ksheerasaagara shayana - dEvagaandhaari

ksheerasaagara vihaara - aananda bhairavi

kula birudunu - dEva manOhari

kuvalayadaLa - naaTTai kurinji

laalaagaanu joocu - divyaamaNi, dundubi

laali laalayya - kEdaara gowLa

laali laaliyani - harikaambhOji

laali yugavE - neelaambari

laavaNya raama - poornashadjam

lakshaNamulu - sudda saavEri

lalitE shree - bhairavi

lEkanaa ninnu - asaavEri

lEmidelpa pedda - navaneetam, paavani

lOkavana catura - bEgaDa

maa jaanaki - kaambhOji

maa kulamuna - shuruTTi

maa raamacandruniki - kEdaara gowLa

maahita pravrddha - kaambhOji

maakElaraa vicaaramu - ravi candrikaa

maamava raghuraama - saaranga

maamava satatam - jaganmOhini

maanamu lEdaa - hameer kalyaaNi

maanasa sancararE raamE - punnaagavaraaLi

maanavyaalagincaraa - naLinakaanti

maapaala velasi ika - asaavEri

maara vairi ramaNi - naasikabhooshani

maargamu telupavE - kaambhOji

maaru balka - shree ranjani

maaTaaDavEmi naatO - neelaambari

maaTi maaTiki - mOhanam

madilOna yOcanaa - kOlaahalam

mahima dakkincukOvayya - rishhabhapriyaa

manasaa eTulOrtunE - malayamaarutam

manasaa mana - vardhani

manasaa shree raamacandruni - eesamanOhari

manasaa shree raamuni - maararanjani

manasu nilpa - aabhOgi

manasu swaadheenamaina - shankaraabharaNam

manasu vishhaya - naaTTai kurinji

manasulOnimarmamulu - hindOLam

manavini vinumaa - jayanaaraayaNi

maracE vaaDana - kEdaaram

marakata maNi - varaaLi

maravakaraa nava - dEvagaandhaari

mari mari ninnE - kaambhOji

mariyaada gaadayya - bhairavam

mariyaada gaaduraa - shankaraabharaNam

marugElaraa - jayantashree

mee valla guNadOsha - kaapi

mElu mElu - sowraashTram

melukO dayaanidhi - sowraashTram

melukOvayya - bowLi

mEnu jooci - sarasaangi

mEru samaana - maayamaaLava gowLa

mitri bhaagyamE - kharaharapriyaa

mOhana raama - mOhanam

mOkshamu galada - saaramati

mOsabOku vinavE - gowLipantu

mrdu bhaashaNa - maruvadhanyaasi

mrtyunjaya krpaakara - dEva manOhari

muccaTa brahmaadulaku - madyamaavati

muddumOmu Elaagu - sooryakaantam

mummUrtulu gumigooDi - aThaaNaa

mundu vEnuka - darbaar

munnu raavaNa - tODi

munupE teliyaka - bangaaLa

muripEmu galigegadaa - mukhaari

naa moraalakimpa - dEvagaandhaari

naa moralanu - aarabi

naada tanumanisham - citta ranjani

naaDaaDina maaTa - janaranjani

naadalOluDai - kalyaaNa vasantam

naadasudhaa rasambilanu - aarabi

naadOpaasanace - bEgaDa

naadupai balikEru - madyamaavati

naajeevadhaara - bilahari

naama kusumamulacE - shree

naaraayaNa hari - yamunaa kalyaaNi

naarada gaanalOla - aThaaNaa

naarada guruswaami - darbaar

naaradamuni veDalina - kaamavardhani pantuvaraaLi

naatha brOvavE - bhairavi

naaTi maaTa - dEvakriyaa

naayeDa vancana - navaneetam

naDaci naDaci - kharaharapriyaa

nagumOmu galavaani - madyamaavati

nagumOmu ganalEni - aabhEri

naLina lOcana - madyamaavati

nammaka nE - asaavEri

nammi vaccina - kalyaaNi

nammina vaarini - bhairavi

namO namO raaghavaaya - dEshikatODi

nannu brOva - aabhOgi

nannu viDici - reeti gowLa

nannukanna talli - kEsari

nanu brOvakanu - shankaraabharaNam

nanu paalimpa - mOhanam

napaali shree raama - shankaraabharaNam

narasimhaa - bilahari

natajana paripaala - simhEndra madhyamam

navaneeta cOra - shenjuruTTi

nE morabeTTitE - roopavati, tODi

nE pogaDakuNTE - shubhapantuvaraaLi, dEshyatODi

nee balamaa - aananda bhairavi

nee bhajana - naayaki

nee bhakti bhaagya - jayamanOhari

nee cEyu - neelaambari

nee cittamu naa - vijayavasantam

nee cittamu nishcalamu - dhanyaasi

nee daasaanudaasuDa - hameer kalyaaNi

nee daya galguTE - reetigowLa

nee daya raadaa - vasantabhairavi

nee daya raavalegaaka - tODi

nee dayacE - yadukula kaambhOji

nee muddu mOmu - kamalaa manOhari

nee pada pankajamula - bEgaDa

nee paraakramamu - shanmugapriyaa

nee saati evaru - hEmavati

needu caraNamulE - simhEndra madhyamam

neekE dayaraaka - neelaambari

neekE teliyakapOtE - aananda bhairavi

neekevari bOdhana - sudda saavEri

neeku sari evarooraa - maNirangu

neeku tanaku - bEgaDa

neelakaNTha niranjana - aabhOgi

neevaaDa nE gaana - saaranga

neevaNTi deivamu - bhairavi

neevaNTi deivamunu - tODi

neevE nanneDa - sowraashTram

neevEgaani nannevaru - bilahari

neevEra kuladhanamu - bEgaDa

neevu brOvavalenamma - saavEri

nenaruncarA naapaini - simhavaahini

nenaruncinaanu anniTiki - maaLavi

nEnendu vEtukuduraa - harikaambhOji, karnaaTaka behaag

nEramaa raama - sowraashTram

nidhicaala sukhamaa - kalyaaNi

nija marmamulanu - umaabharaNam

nijamaitE mundara - bhairavi

nijamuga nee - sahaana

ninnaaDa nEla - kaanaDaa

ninnana valasina - kalyaaNi

ninnE bhajana - naaTTai

ninnE nera - kaamavardhani

ninnE nera namminnu - aarabi

ninnu baasi - balahamsa

ninnuvinaa naamadi - navarasa kannaDa

ninnuvinaa sukhamugaana - tODi

niravati sukada - ravi candrikaa

nitya roopa - darbaar, kaapi

nOremi shree raama - varaaLi

nrpaalavaala kalaadhara - naadavarangiNi

O dhavanEshavara - naaTTai kurinji

O jagannaatha - kEdaara gowLa

O raajeevaakSa - aarabi

O raama O raama - aarabi

O raama raama - naagagaandhaari

O ramaaramaNa - kEdaaram

O rangashaayi - kaambhOji

ODanu jaripE - saaranga

oka maaTa - harikaambhOji

Okapari jooDaga - kalaavati

oorakE galguna - sahaanaa

orajoopu chooceDi nyaayamaa - kannaDagowLa

orula naadukO - sudda saavEri

paahi kalyaaNa raama - kaapi

paahi kalyaaNasundara - punnaagavaraaLi

paahi maam harE - sowraashTram

paahi maam shree - kaapi

paahi paahi - sowraashTram

paahi parama dayaaLO - kaapi

paahi paramaatma - varaaLi

paahi raama doota - vasantavaraaLi, shhadvidamaargini

paahi raama raama - kharaharapriyaa

paahi raamacandra paalita - shankaraabharaNam

paahi raamacandra raaghava - yadukula kaambhOji

paahi ramaaramaNa - varaaLi

paalaya shree - dEvagaandhaari

paalintuvO paalinca - kaantaamaNi

padavi nee - saaLagabhairavi

pakkala nilabaDi - kharaharapriyaa

palukavEmi naa - poornacandrikaa

palukavEmi patita - aarabi

paluku kaNDa - navarasa kannaDa

paraaku jEsina - jujahuli

paraaku nee - keeraNaavaLi

paraamukham Elaraa - shuruTTi

paraasakti manuparaadaa - saavEri

parabrahmanunE - kharaharapriyaa

paralOka bhayamu - mandaari

paralOka saadhanamE - poorvi kalyaaNi

parama paavana - kaamavardhani

paramaatmuDu velugu - vaagadeeshwari

paripaalaya daasharathE - shankaraabharaNam - 2

paripaalaya maam - darbaar

paripaalaya paripaalaya - reeti gowLa

paripoorNa kaama bhaavamuna - poorvi kalyaaNi

paripoorNa kaama sarilEni - hamsabhramari

paritaapamu gani - manOhari

pariyaacakamaa maaTa - vanaspati

parulanu vEDanu - baalahamsa

patiki haarateerE - shuruTTi

patiki mangaLa - aarabi

paTTi viDuva - manjari

pavamaana (nee naamaroopamulaku) - sowraashTram

pEriDi ninu - kharaharapriyaa

perugu paalu - ghanTa

phaNipati saayee - jhankaaradhwani

poola paanpu - aahiri

praaNanaatha biraana - shoolini

praarabdha miTTuNDaga - swaraavaLi

produ poyenu - tODi

pushpapura nivaasa - vasantaa

raaga ratnamaalikace - reetigowLa

raaga sudhaarasa - aandOLikaa

raaju veDale - dEshyatODi

raakaa shashi vadana - takka

raama baaNa - saavEri

raama deivamaa - shuruTTi

raama Eva deivatam - baalahamsa

raama kathaa - madyamaavati

raama kOdaNDaraama paah - kharaharapriyaa

raama kOdaNDaraama raama - bhairavi

raama lObhamEla - darbaar

raama naamam - madyamaavati

raama naamamu - aThaaNaa

raama nannu brOvaraa - harikaambhOji

raama nee vaadukonduvO - kalyaaNi

raama neepai tanaku - kEdaaram

raama neevEgaani - naaraayaNi

raama ninnu vinaa - shankaraabharaNam

raama ninu nammina - mOhanam

raama paahi - kaapi

raama raama gOvinda - sowraashTram

raama raama neevaaramu - aananda bhairavi

raama raama raama - sahaanaa

raama raama raama maam - yadukula kaambhOji

raama raama raama naapai - kalyaaNi

raama raama raama raama - mOhanam

raama raama raama raaraa - shenjuruTTi

raama raama raama seetaa - husEni

raama raama raamacandra - ghanTa

raama raamakrishNa - gowLipantu

raama raghukula - kaapi

raama samayamu - madyamaavati

raama seetaaraama - shankaraabharaNam

raama seetaaraama raama raja - baalahamsa

raama shree raama jita - varaaLi

raama shree raama laali (laali) - shankaraabharaNam

raamaa nee samaanamevaru - kharaharapriyaa

raamaa neeyeDa - kharaharapriyaa

raamaa ninnE - husEni

raamaabhiraama manasu - dhanyaasi

raamaabhiraama raghuraama - saavEri

raamaabhiraama ramaNeeya - darbaar

raamabhakti - sudda bangaaLa

raamacandra nee daya - shuruTTi

raamam bhajEham - saavEri

raamuni maravakavE - kEdaara gowLa

raanidhi raadu - maNirangu

raaraa maayiNTi daaka - asaavEri

raaraa nannElukOraa - sowraashTram

raaraa phaNishayana - harikaambhOji

raaraa raghuveera - aThaaNaa

raaraa seetaa - hindOLavasantaa

raghunaayaka - hamsadwani

raghunandana raajamOhana - sudda dEsi

raghunandana raghunandana - kEdaara gowLa

raghupatE raama - sahaanaa

raghuvara na - kaamavardhani

raghuveera raNadheera - husEni

raksha bettarE - bhairavi

rakshimpavE shree - maayamaaLava gowLa

ramaaramaNa bhaaramaa - vasantabhairavi

ramaaramaNa raaraa - shankaraabharaNam

ramincuva - supOshini

ranganaayaka rakshimpumayya - shankaraabharaNam

rE maanasa cintayE - tODi

rookalu padivElunna - dEshyatODi

saadincane - aarabi

saagaruNDu veDale - yamunaa kalyaaNi

saakEta nikEtana - kannaDa

saakshi lEdanucu - bangaaLa

saamajavaragamanaa - hindOLam

saamiki sari - bEgaDa

saaramE gaani - kaamavardhani

saarasa nEtra - shankaraabharaNam

saari veDalina - asaavEri

saarvabhowma saakETa - raagapanjaramu

sadaa bhajimpavE - tODi

sadaa madin - gambheeravani

sadguru swaamiki - reeti gowLa

samayamu delisi - asaavEri

samayamu EmarakE - kalkaDa

samsaaramulaitE - saavEri

samukhaana nilva - kOkila varaaLi

sanaatana - phalamanjari

sandEhamu Elaraa - kalyaaNi

sandEhamunu - raamapriyaa

sangeeta gnaanamu - dhanyaasi

sangeeta shaastra - saalagabhairavi

sarasa saamadaana - kaapi naraayaNi

saraseeruha nayana - bilahari

saraseeruha nayanE - amritavarshini

saraseeruhaanana raama - mukhaari

sari evvarE - shree ranjani

sarijEsi vEDuka - teevravaahini

sarivaarilOna cowka - bhinnashaDjam

sarvaantaryaami nee - bhairavi

sarvalOka dayaanidhE - husEni

sattalEni dinamulu - naaganandini

seetaa kalyaaNa vaibhOgamE - shankaraabharaNam

seetaa manOhara - ramaamanOhari

seetaa naayaka - reeti gowLa

seetaapati kaavavayya - shankaraabharaNam

seetaapati naa - kamaas

seetaavara sangeeta - dEvagaandhaari

seetamma maayamma - vasantaa

shaantamu lEka - shyaamaa

shambhO mahaadEva - kaamavardhini

shambhO shiva - shankaraabharaNam

shankara guruvarula - shankaraabharaNam

shara shara samaraika - kuntala varaaLi

sharaNu sharaNu - madyamaavati

shashi vadana - candrajyOti

shiva shiva shiva enaraadaa - kaamavardhini

shivaparaadhamu - shyaamaa

shivE paahimaambikE - kalyaaNi

shObaanE - kaamavardhani

shree gaNanaatham - kanakaangi

shree gaNapatini - sowraashTram

shree jaanaki manOhara - eesamanOhari

shree janaka tanayE - kalaakaanti

shree maanini - poornashadjam

shree naarada gururaaya - bhairavi

shree naarada naada - kaanaDaa

shree narasimha - phalamanjari

shree raama daasa - dhanyaasi

shree raama jayaraama shritajana - varaaLi

shree raama jayaraama shrngaara - madyamaavati

shree raama paadamaa - amritavaahini

shree raama raama jagadaatma - poornacandrikaa

shree raama raama jitaraama - varaaLi

shree raama raama raama - gOpikavasantam

shree raama raama seetaa - saavEri

shree raama raama shritulamu - saavEri

shree raama raghuraama - yadukula kaambhOji

shree raama shree raama shree - sahaanaa

shree raamacandra - saavEri

shree raghukulamandu - hamsadwani

shree raghuvara - kaambhOji

shree raghuvara daasharathE - shankaraabharaNam

shree raghuvara karuNaakara - dEvagaandhaari

shree raghuvara suguNaalaya - bhairavi

shree ramya cittaalankaara - jayamanOhari

shree tulasammma - dEvagaandhaari

shreekaanta neeyeDa - bhaavapriyaa

shreepapriya - aThaaNaa

shreepatE - naagaswaraavaLi

shringaarincukoni - shuruTTi

shyaamasundaraanga - dhanyaasi

siggu maali - kEdaara gowLa

smaraNE sukhamu - janaranjani

sObhillu saptaswara - jaganmOhini

sogasugaa mridanga - shree ranjani

sogasujooDa - kannaDa gowLa

sudhaa maadhurya - sindu raamakriyaa

suguNamulE jeppukoNTi - cakravaakam

sujana jeevana - kamaas

sukhi evarO - kaanaDaa

sundara dasharatha - kaapi

sundaratara dEham - kaamavardhani

sundarEshwaruni - shankaraabharaNam

sundari nannandarilO - bEgaDa

sundari nee divya - kalyaaNi

sundari ninu - aarabi

swara raaga sudhaa - shankaraabharaNam

talaci nantanE - mukhaari

tali taNDrulu - baalahamsa

tanalOnE dhyAninci - dEvagaandhaari

tanameeda nE - bhooshaavaLi

tanavaari tanamu - bEgaDa

tanayantE prEma - bhairavi

tanayuni brOva - bhairavi

tappaganE vaccunaa - sudda bangaaLa

tappi bratiki - tODi

taramaa nee mahima - kalyaaNi

tatvameruga taramaa - garuDadhvani

tava daasOham - punnaagavaraaLi

teerunaa lOni - saavEri

telisi raama - poornacandrikaa

teliyalEru raama - dhEnukaa

tEra teeyaga raadaa - gowLipantu

tOli janmamuna - bilahari

toli nE jEsina - sudda bangaaLa

toli nEnu jEsina - kOkiladhwani

tulasi - maayamaaLava gowLa

tuLasi bilva - kEdaara gowLa

tulasi jagajjanani - saavEri

unDEdi raamuDu - harikaambOji

unna taavuna - ghanTa

upacaaramu cEsE - bhairavi

upacaaramulanu - bhairavi

uyyaalalooga vaiya - neelaambari

vaacaamagOcaramE - kaikavashi

vaaDEra deivamu - kaamavardhani

vaaridhi neeku - tODi

vaarija nayana - kEdaara gowLa

vaarija nayana (version 2) - kEdaara gowLa

vaasudEva varaguNa - bilahari

vaasudEvayaani (Daruvu) - kalyaaNi

vaccunu hari - kalyaaNi

vaddanE vaaru - shanmugapriyaa

vaddanuNDunadE - varaaLi

vallagaadaanaka - harikaambhOji, shankaraabharaNam

vanaja nayanuDani - kEdaara gowLa

vandanamu raghunandana

vara naarada - vijayashree

vara raga - shenjukaambhOji

varaalandu kommani - gurjari

varada navaneeta - raagapanjaramu

varadaraaja ninnu - swarabhooshani

varaleela gaanalOla - shankaraabharaNam

varamaina nEtrOtsavamunu - pharaju

varashikhi vaahana - supradeepam

veDalenu kOdaNDapaaNi - tODi

vEdapureesha shOdana - poorvi kalyaaNi

vEdavaakyamani - kEdaara gowLa

vEdavaakyamani - mOhanam

venkaTEsha ninnu - madyamaavati

vErevvarE gati - shuruTTi

viDajaaladuraa - janaranjani

viDamu sEyavE - kharaharapriyaa

vidhi shakraadulaku - yamunaa kalyaaNi

vidhiyEmi jEyuduraa - kaamavardhani

vidulaku mrokkEda - maayamaaLava gowLa

vina naashakoni - prataapavaraaLi

vina raadaa - dEvagaandhaari

vinaayakuni valEnu - madyamaavati

vinataa suta raaraa - husEni

vinataa suta vaahana - jayantasEna

vinataa suta vaahanuDai - harikaambhOji

vinavE O manasaa - vivardhani

vinayamu kowshikuni - sowraashTram

viraaja turaga - baalahamsa

vishNu vaahanuNDidigO - shankaraabharaNam

yajnaadulu sukhamanu - jayamanOhari

yOcanaa kamala - darbaar

yuktamu gaadu - shree

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