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Compositions of Shyama Shastri (1762-1827)
The following list has been built mainly from the source Compositions of Shyama Shastri by Sangeetha Kalanidhi T. K. Govinda Rao, published in Chennai 1997. Small adjustments to the list were made from that source, based on previous versions. This stage was completed in 1999.
Subsequently, the doctoral thesis on Shyama Shastri compositions by Y. Saradhambal was consulted. This resulted in the addition of the kriti nannukaruNiHnci, the adjustment of the raga for ninnuvinA marigaladA, the tala for taruNamidammA, and the marking of numerous items as questionable. Due both to style and chronology, Dr. Y. Saradhambal believes these items to be inauthentic, although most have appeared in more than one modern source. This step occurred in 2008.
Previous listing information was taken from Alphabetical Index of Karnatak Songs by Lakshman Ragde, with extensive information from Raganidhi by B. Subba Rao, and clarifications from other sources and rmic readers.
Errors in this list should now be minimal or nonexistent, perhaps consisting of typographical errors on my part. However, there remain some controversial points, as illustrated by the second paragraph above. Melakarta assignments are taken from T. K. Govinda Rao when needed. Talas are somewhat more haphazard, reflecting the fact that Shyama Sastri compositions frequently use unusual talas, some of which will now be performed in modern talas in one way or another, or have their pulses divided in different ways.
Hopefully this list will prove useful. It has been created laboriously over the course of several years. Now that more authoritative sources are available, it becomes possible to present it with some confidence.
Back to Carnatic Page
Last Updated: 13 March 2008
Romanization scheme:
a A i I u U R L e E ai O au M k kh g gh HN c ch j jh Hn T Th D Dh N t th d dh n p ph b bh m y r l v sh S s h
The scheme is a direct copy of my usual Sanskrit scheme, hopefully suitably adapted in this case. The Romanization was performed originally by Santosh Rao. Some later reference was made to T. K. Govinda Rao.
If you find errors, please let me know.
This list will be ordered by rAga, first by mELakarta and then alphabetically (Sanskrit alphabet). In some cases mELakarta assignments are controversial.
There is now an alphabetical list by song title, with only naive Romanization.
mELakartas:
8. hanumatODi
Emani migula - tODi/Adi
karuNAnidhi ilalO - tODi/tishra gati Adi
ninne namminAnu - tODi/mishra cApu
rAvE himagirikumAri (svarajati) - tODi/Adi
mAyammA yani nE - Ahiri/Adi
mInalOcanA brOvayOcanA - dhanyAsi/mishra cApu
ennEramuM un pAdakamaladhyAnaM - punnAgavarALi/tripuTa
kanakashaila vihAriNi - punnAgavarALi/Adi
brOva samayamidE dEvI - punnAgavarALi/Adi
13. gAyakapriya
pArvatI ninnu nE - kalgaDa/tishra gati Adi
15. mAyAmALavagauLa
taruNamidammA ennai rakSikka - gauLipantu/cApu
nannu brOvarAdA vEgamE nIvu - gauLipantu/mishra cApu
? puraharajAyE pAlaya mAM - gauLipantu/mishra cApu
dayajUDa maHnci - jaganmOhini/mishra cApu
trilOkamAtA nannubrOvu - pharaj/mishra cApu
nIlAyatAkSI nIvE - pharaj/tripuTa
? kAmAkSi karuNAkaTAkSi (gItam) - pharaj/tripuTa
? santataM ennai rakSippAi (gItam) - pharaj/Adi
nannu brOvu lalitA - lalita/mishra (vilOma) cApu
janani natajanaparipAlini - sAvEri/Adi
durusugA kRpajUci - sAvEri/Adi
shaHNkari shaMkuru candramukhi - sAvEri/tishra gati Adi
shrIpatimukha viracita - sAvEri/Adi
? sArasAkSi sadA (gItam) - sAvEri/tripuTa
17. sUryakAntaM
? nAmanavini vinu (varNam) - saurASTraM/caturashra aTa
20. naThabhairavi
O jagadamba nanu - Anandabhairavi/Adi
pAhi shrI girirAjasutE - Anandabhairavi/rUpakaM
mari vE rE gati - Anandabhairavi/mishra cApu
sAmini rammanavE (varNam) - Anandabhairavi/aTa
himAcalatanaya brOcuTakidi - Anandabhairavi/vilOma cApu
? AdinamuniHnci pOgaDi - Anandabhairavi/tripuTa
? mahilO ambA - Anandabhairavi/Adi
kAmAkSi anudinamu (svarajati) - bhairavi/mishra cApu
sari yevarammA - bhairavi/khaNDa jhampa
? pArvati janani (gItam) - bhairavi/khaNDa maThyaM
brOvavammA tAmasamElEbirAnabrOvavammA - mAHnji/mishra cApu
pAlimpavammA paramapAvanI - mukhAri/Adi
22. kharaharapriya
ninnuvinA marigaladA - AbhEri/rUpakaM (tishra naDai Adi)
akhilANDEshvari durusuga - karNATaka kApi/Adi
pAliHncu kAmAkSi pAvanI - madhyamAvati/Adi
? kAmAkSi lOkasAkSiNI (gItam) - madhyamAvati/tripuTa
? bRhannAyakI nannu - madhyamAvati/tishra maThyaM
karuNajUDa ninnunammina - shrI/mishra cApu
28. harikAmbhOji
dEvI nI pAdasArasamulE - kAmbhOji/Adi
parAkEla nannu - kEdAragauLa/Adi
? ninnE nammiti - kEdAragauLa/Adi
mAyammA nannubrOvavammA - nATakuraHnji/Adi
kAmAkSi nI pAdayugamu (svarajati) - yadukulakAmbhOji/mishra cApu
29. dhIrashaHNkarAbharaNaM
dEvi mIna nEtri - shaHNkarAbharaNaM/Adi
nannukaruNiHnci - shaHNkarAbharaNaM/rUpakaM
sarOjadaLanEtri himagiriputri - shaHNkarAbharaNaM/Adi
? pAlayAshu mAM paradEvatE - Arabhi/tripuTa
nannu brOvarAdA O jagadambA - janaraHnjani/tripuTa
? brOva vammA baHNgAru - nIlAmbari/mishra cApu
dayAnidhE mAmava (varNam) - bEgaDa/Adi
sAmi ninne nammitirArA - bEgaDa/Adi
? kAmAkSi nAtO vAdA - bEgaDa/Adi
36. calanATa
? pahi mAM shrI rAjarAjEshvari - nATa/rUpakaM
39. jhAlavarALi
karuNajUDavammA vinammA - varALi/mishra cApu
kAmAkSi baHNgAru - varALi/mishra cApu
53. gamanashrama
ninnuvinaga mari - pUrvikalyANi/dEshAdi, mishra naDai
? ennEramuM un nAmam - pUrvikalyANi/mishra cApu
56. SaNmukhapriya
dEvI brOva samayamidE - cintAmaNi/Adi
65. mecakalyANi
talli ninnu nera - kalyANi/mishra cApu
birAna varAlicci - kalyANi/tishra naDai Adi
shaHNkari shaHNkari - kalyANi/aTa
himAdrisutE pAhimAM - kalyANi/tishra naDai Adi
? dEvI nannu brOvavammA - kalyANi/jhampa
? nIvE gatiyani (varNam) - kalyANi/tishra maThyaM
? parAmukhamEnammA pArvatiyammA - kalyANi/tripuTa
? rAvE parvatarAjakumArI - kalyANi/jhampa
? shrI kAmAkSi kAvavE - kalyANi/Adi
Misattributions
These items are sometimes attributed to Shyama Sastry, but have never been verified in any way, and are not listed by T. K. Govinda Rao. I have not received corrected attributions, however. The order is the same as above, without the headings.
rAvE mAyamma baHNgAru - sAvEri/Adi
nannu brOva - vasanta/EkaM - listed by Rangaramanuja Iyengar
baHNgAru kAmAkSi - Anandabhairavi/Adi - Shuddhananda Bharati
ninnu namminAnu (pada varNam) - Anandabhairavi/Adi
sArasAkSi I vELa - Anandabhairavi/aTa
brOvumu mAninE - kIravANi/Adi - listed by Maharajapuram Santhanam
ninnu vina - bilahari/jhampa
Maintained by
T. M. McComb
Compositions of Shyama Shastri (1762-1827)
The following list has been built mainly from the source Compositions of Shyama Shastri by Sangeetha Kalanidhi T. K. Govinda Rao, published in Chennai 1997. Small adjustments to the list were made from that source, based on previous versions. This stage was completed in 1999.
Subsequently, the doctoral thesis on Shyama Shastri compositions by Y. Saradhambal was consulted. This resulted in the addition of the kriti nannukaruNiHnci, the adjustment of the raga for ninnuvinA marigaladA, the tala for taruNamidammA, and the marking of numerous items as questionable. Due both to style and chronology, Dr. Y. Saradhambal believes these items to be inauthentic, although most have appeared in more than one modern source. This step occurred in 2008.
Previous listing information was taken from Alphabetical Index of Karnatak Songs by Lakshman Ragde, with extensive information from Raganidhi by B. Subba Rao, and clarifications from other sources and rmic readers.
Errors in this list should now be minimal or nonexistent, perhaps consisting of typographical errors on my part. However, there remain some controversial points, as illustrated by the second paragraph above. Melakarta assignments are taken from T. K. Govinda Rao when needed. Talas are somewhat more haphazard, reflecting the fact that Shyama Sastri compositions frequently use unusual talas, some of which will now be performed in modern talas in one way or another, or have their pulses divided in different ways.
Hopefully this list will prove useful. It has been created laboriously over the course of several years. Now that more authoritative sources are available, it becomes possible to present it with some confidence.
Back to Carnatic Page
Last Updated: 13 March 2008
Romanization scheme:
a A i I u U R L e E ai O au M k kh g gh HN c ch j jh Hn T Th D Dh N t th d dh n p ph b bh m y r l v sh S s h
The scheme is a direct copy of my usual Sanskrit scheme, hopefully suitably adapted in this case. The Romanization was performed originally by Santosh Rao. Some later reference was made to T. K. Govinda Rao.
If you find errors, please let me know.
This list will be ordered by rAga, first by mELakarta and then alphabetically (Sanskrit alphabet). In some cases mELakarta assignments are controversial.
There is now an alphabetical list by song title, with only naive Romanization.
mELakartas:
8. hanumatODi
Emani migula - tODi/Adi
karuNAnidhi ilalO - tODi/tishra gati Adi
ninne namminAnu - tODi/mishra cApu
rAvE himagirikumAri (svarajati) - tODi/Adi
mAyammA yani nE - Ahiri/Adi
mInalOcanA brOvayOcanA - dhanyAsi/mishra cApu
ennEramuM un pAdakamaladhyAnaM - punnAgavarALi/tripuTa
kanakashaila vihAriNi - punnAgavarALi/Adi
brOva samayamidE dEvI - punnAgavarALi/Adi
13. gAyakapriya
pArvatI ninnu nE - kalgaDa/tishra gati Adi
15. mAyAmALavagauLa
taruNamidammA ennai rakSikka - gauLipantu/cApu
nannu brOvarAdA vEgamE nIvu - gauLipantu/mishra cApu
? puraharajAyE pAlaya mAM - gauLipantu/mishra cApu
dayajUDa maHnci - jaganmOhini/mishra cApu
trilOkamAtA nannubrOvu - pharaj/mishra cApu
nIlAyatAkSI nIvE - pharaj/tripuTa
? kAmAkSi karuNAkaTAkSi (gItam) - pharaj/tripuTa
? santataM ennai rakSippAi (gItam) - pharaj/Adi
nannu brOvu lalitA - lalita/mishra (vilOma) cApu
janani natajanaparipAlini - sAvEri/Adi
durusugA kRpajUci - sAvEri/Adi
shaHNkari shaMkuru candramukhi - sAvEri/tishra gati Adi
shrIpatimukha viracita - sAvEri/Adi
? sArasAkSi sadA (gItam) - sAvEri/tripuTa
17. sUryakAntaM
? nAmanavini vinu (varNam) - saurASTraM/caturashra aTa
20. naThabhairavi
O jagadamba nanu - Anandabhairavi/Adi
pAhi shrI girirAjasutE - Anandabhairavi/rUpakaM
mari vE rE gati - Anandabhairavi/mishra cApu
sAmini rammanavE (varNam) - Anandabhairavi/aTa
himAcalatanaya brOcuTakidi - Anandabhairavi/vilOma cApu
? AdinamuniHnci pOgaDi - Anandabhairavi/tripuTa
? mahilO ambA - Anandabhairavi/Adi
kAmAkSi anudinamu (svarajati) - bhairavi/mishra cApu
sari yevarammA - bhairavi/khaNDa jhampa
? pArvati janani (gItam) - bhairavi/khaNDa maThyaM
brOvavammA tAmasamElEbirAnabrOvavammA - mAHnji/mishra cApu
pAlimpavammA paramapAvanI - mukhAri/Adi
22. kharaharapriya
ninnuvinA marigaladA - AbhEri/rUpakaM (tishra naDai Adi)
akhilANDEshvari durusuga - karNATaka kApi/Adi
pAliHncu kAmAkSi pAvanI - madhyamAvati/Adi
? kAmAkSi lOkasAkSiNI (gItam) - madhyamAvati/tripuTa
? bRhannAyakI nannu - madhyamAvati/tishra maThyaM
karuNajUDa ninnunammina - shrI/mishra cApu
28. harikAmbhOji
dEvI nI pAdasArasamulE - kAmbhOji/Adi
parAkEla nannu - kEdAragauLa/Adi
? ninnE nammiti - kEdAragauLa/Adi
mAyammA nannubrOvavammA - nATakuraHnji/Adi
kAmAkSi nI pAdayugamu (svarajati) - yadukulakAmbhOji/mishra cApu
29. dhIrashaHNkarAbharaNaM
dEvi mIna nEtri - shaHNkarAbharaNaM/Adi
nannukaruNiHnci - shaHNkarAbharaNaM/rUpakaM
sarOjadaLanEtri himagiriputri - shaHNkarAbharaNaM/Adi
? pAlayAshu mAM paradEvatE - Arabhi/tripuTa
nannu brOvarAdA O jagadambA - janaraHnjani/tripuTa
? brOva vammA baHNgAru - nIlAmbari/mishra cApu
dayAnidhE mAmava (varNam) - bEgaDa/Adi
sAmi ninne nammitirArA - bEgaDa/Adi
? kAmAkSi nAtO vAdA - bEgaDa/Adi
36. calanATa
? pahi mAM shrI rAjarAjEshvari - nATa/rUpakaM
39. jhAlavarALi
karuNajUDavammA vinammA - varALi/mishra cApu
kAmAkSi baHNgAru - varALi/mishra cApu
53. gamanashrama
ninnuvinaga mari - pUrvikalyANi/dEshAdi, mishra naDai
? ennEramuM un nAmam - pUrvikalyANi/mishra cApu
56. SaNmukhapriya
dEvI brOva samayamidE - cintAmaNi/Adi
65. mecakalyANi
talli ninnu nera - kalyANi/mishra cApu
birAna varAlicci - kalyANi/tishra naDai Adi
shaHNkari shaHNkari - kalyANi/aTa
himAdrisutE pAhimAM - kalyANi/tishra naDai Adi
? dEvI nannu brOvavammA - kalyANi/jhampa
? nIvE gatiyani (varNam) - kalyANi/tishra maThyaM
? parAmukhamEnammA pArvatiyammA - kalyANi/tripuTa
? rAvE parvatarAjakumArI - kalyANi/jhampa
? shrI kAmAkSi kAvavE - kalyANi/Adi
Misattributions
These items are sometimes attributed to Shyama Sastry, but have never been verified in any way, and are not listed by T. K. Govinda Rao. I have not received corrected attributions, however. The order is the same as above, without the headings.
rAvE mAyamma baHNgAru - sAvEri/Adi
nannu brOva - vasanta/EkaM - listed by Rangaramanuja Iyengar
baHNgAru kAmAkSi - Anandabhairavi/Adi - Shuddhananda Bharati
ninnu namminAnu (pada varNam) - Anandabhairavi/Adi
sArasAkSi I vELa - Anandabhairavi/aTa
brOvumu mAninE - kIravANi/Adi - listed by Maharajapuram Santhanam
ninnu vina - bilahari/jhampa
Maintained by
T. M. McComb
Compositions of Shyama Shastri (1762-1827)
The following list has been built mainly from the source Compositions of Shyama Shastri by Sangeetha Kalanidhi T. K. Govinda Rao, published in Chennai 1997. Small adjustments to the list were made from that source, based on previous versions. This stage was completed in 1999.
Subsequently, the doctoral thesis on Shyama Shastri compositions by Y. Saradhambal was consulted. This resulted in the addition of the kriti nannukaruNiHnci, the adjustment of the raga for ninnuvinA marigaladA, the tala for taruNamidammA, and the marking of numerous items as questionable. Due both to style and chronology, Dr. Y. Saradhambal believes these items to be inauthentic, although most have appeared in more than one modern source. This step occurred in 2008.
Previous listing information was taken from Alphabetical Index of Karnatak Songs by Lakshman Ragde, with extensive information from Raganidhi by B. Subba Rao, and clarifications from other sources and rmic readers.
Errors in this list should now be minimal or nonexistent, perhaps consisting of typographical errors on my part. However, there remain some controversial points, as illustrated by the second paragraph above. Melakarta assignments are taken from T. K. Govinda Rao when needed. Talas are somewhat more haphazard, reflecting the fact that Shyama Sastri compositions frequently use unusual talas, some of which will now be performed in modern talas in one way or another, or have their pulses divided in different ways.
Hopefully this list will prove useful. It has been created laboriously over the course of several years. Now that more authoritative sources are available, it becomes possible to present it with some confidence.
Back to Carnatic Page
Last Updated: 13 March 2008
Romanization scheme:
a A i I u U R L e E ai O au M k kh g gh HN c ch j jh Hn T Th D Dh N t th d dh n p ph b bh m y r l v sh S s h
The scheme is a direct copy of my usual Sanskrit scheme, hopefully suitably adapted in this case. The Romanization was performed originally by Santosh Rao. Some later reference was made to T. K. Govinda Rao.
If you find errors, please let me know.
This list will be ordered by rAga, first by mELakarta and then alphabetically (Sanskrit alphabet). In some cases mELakarta assignments are controversial.
There is now an alphabetical list by song title, with only naive Romanization.
mELakartas:
8. hanumatODi
Emani migula - tODi/Adi
karuNAnidhi ilalO - tODi/tishra gati Adi
ninne namminAnu - tODi/mishra cApu
rAvE himagirikumAri (svarajati) - tODi/Adi
mAyammA yani nE - Ahiri/Adi
mInalOcanA brOvayOcanA - dhanyAsi/mishra cApu
ennEramuM un pAdakamaladhyAnaM - punnAgavarALi/tripuTa
kanakashaila vihAriNi - punnAgavarALi/Adi
brOva samayamidE dEvI - punnAgavarALi/Adi
13. gAyakapriya
pArvatI ninnu nE - kalgaDa/tishra gati Adi
15. mAyAmALavagauLa
taruNamidammA ennai rakSikka - gauLipantu/cApu
nannu brOvarAdA vEgamE nIvu - gauLipantu/mishra cApu
? puraharajAyE pAlaya mAM - gauLipantu/mishra cApu
dayajUDa maHnci - jaganmOhini/mishra cApu
trilOkamAtA nannubrOvu - pharaj/mishra cApu
nIlAyatAkSI nIvE - pharaj/tripuTa
? kAmAkSi karuNAkaTAkSi (gItam) - pharaj/tripuTa
? santataM ennai rakSippAi (gItam) - pharaj/Adi
nannu brOvu lalitA - lalita/mishra (vilOma) cApu
janani natajanaparipAlini - sAvEri/Adi
durusugA kRpajUci - sAvEri/Adi
shaHNkari shaMkuru candramukhi - sAvEri/tishra gati Adi
shrIpatimukha viracita - sAvEri/Adi
? sArasAkSi sadA (gItam) - sAvEri/tripuTa
17. sUryakAntaM
? nAmanavini vinu (varNam) - saurASTraM/caturashra aTa
20. naThabhairavi
O jagadamba nanu - Anandabhairavi/Adi
pAhi shrI girirAjasutE - Anandabhairavi/rUpakaM
mari vE rE gati - Anandabhairavi/mishra cApu
sAmini rammanavE (varNam) - Anandabhairavi/aTa
himAcalatanaya brOcuTakidi - Anandabhairavi/vilOma cApu
? AdinamuniHnci pOgaDi - Anandabhairavi/tripuTa
? mahilO ambA - Anandabhairavi/Adi
kAmAkSi anudinamu (svarajati) - bhairavi/mishra cApu
sari yevarammA - bhairavi/khaNDa jhampa
? pArvati janani (gItam) - bhairavi/khaNDa maThyaM
brOvavammA tAmasamElEbirAnabrOvavammA - mAHnji/mishra cApu
pAlimpavammA paramapAvanI - mukhAri/Adi
22. kharaharapriya
ninnuvinA marigaladA - AbhEri/rUpakaM (tishra naDai Adi)
akhilANDEshvari durusuga - karNATaka kApi/Adi
pAliHncu kAmAkSi pAvanI - madhyamAvati/Adi
? kAmAkSi lOkasAkSiNI (gItam) - madhyamAvati/tripuTa
? bRhannAyakI nannu - madhyamAvati/tishra maThyaM
karuNajUDa ninnunammina - shrI/mishra cApu
28. harikAmbhOji
dEvI nI pAdasArasamulE - kAmbhOji/Adi
parAkEla nannu - kEdAragauLa/Adi
? ninnE nammiti - kEdAragauLa/Adi
mAyammA nannubrOvavammA - nATakuraHnji/Adi
kAmAkSi nI pAdayugamu (svarajati) - yadukulakAmbhOji/mishra cApu
29. dhIrashaHNkarAbharaNaM
dEvi mIna nEtri - shaHNkarAbharaNaM/Adi
nannukaruNiHnci - shaHNkarAbharaNaM/rUpakaM
sarOjadaLanEtri himagiriputri - shaHNkarAbharaNaM/Adi
? pAlayAshu mAM paradEvatE - Arabhi/tripuTa
nannu brOvarAdA O jagadambA - janaraHnjani/tripuTa
? brOva vammA baHNgAru - nIlAmbari/mishra cApu
dayAnidhE mAmava (varNam) - bEgaDa/Adi
sAmi ninne nammitirArA - bEgaDa/Adi
? kAmAkSi nAtO vAdA - bEgaDa/Adi
36. calanATa
? pahi mAM shrI rAjarAjEshvari - nATa/rUpakaM
39. jhAlavarALi
karuNajUDavammA vinammA - varALi/mishra cApu
kAmAkSi baHNgAru - varALi/mishra cApu
53. gamanashrama
ninnuvinaga mari - pUrvikalyANi/dEshAdi, mishra naDai
? ennEramuM un nAmam - pUrvikalyANi/mishra cApu
56. SaNmukhapriya
dEvI brOva samayamidE - cintAmaNi/Adi
65. mecakalyANi
talli ninnu nera - kalyANi/mishra cApu
birAna varAlicci - kalyANi/tishra naDai Adi
shaHNkari shaHNkari - kalyANi/aTa
himAdrisutE pAhimAM - kalyANi/tishra naDai Adi
? dEvI nannu brOvavammA - kalyANi/jhampa
? nIvE gatiyani (varNam) - kalyANi/tishra maThyaM
? parAmukhamEnammA pArvatiyammA - kalyANi/tripuTa
? rAvE parvatarAjakumArI - kalyANi/jhampa
? shrI kAmAkSi kAvavE - kalyANi/Adi
Misattributions
These items are sometimes attributed to Shyama Sastry, but have never been verified in any way, and are not listed by T. K. Govinda Rao. I have not received corrected attributions, however. The order is the same as above, without the headings.
rAvE mAyamma baHNgAru - sAvEri/Adi
nannu brOva - vasanta/EkaM - listed by Rangaramanuja Iyengar
baHNgAru kAmAkSi - Anandabhairavi/Adi - Shuddhananda Bharati
ninnu namminAnu (pada varNam) - Anandabhairavi/Adi
sArasAkSi I vELa - Anandabhairavi/aTa
brOvumu mAninE - kIravANi/Adi - listed by Maharajapuram Santhanam
ninnu vina - bilahari/jhampa
Maintained by
T. M. McComb