Generator of Scales Having Consonance

Saṃvāda-Jāti is a compound word means saṃvādaḥ yasyāṃ jātau sā jātiḥ — the scale where a consonance exists=consonance scale.

With a sonant note (vādin), this generator below will generate jātis, i.e., scales with its possible consonant notes (saṃvādin). According to Indian musicology, rendition generally happens with five, six, and seven notes. Scale with seven notes is called Sampūrṇa (heptatonic scale). With six notes, a jāti is called Ṣāḍava (hexatonic scale). Auḍava jāti (pentatonic scale) is constructed with five notes.

This generator will produce various possible combinations of Indian scales, which could be used for a therapeutic implication as tools of emotional evocation. For instance, Sa is the sonant note you chose, which has consonance with Ma. Hence, this generator will form a sequenced combination of notes (Sa R G Ma Pa Dh N, Sa G Ma Pa Dh N, ... Sa Ma Pa Dh N, etc.) in all three scales, and next, it will include another (Sa Ri G Ma Pa Dh N, ...) and so on. But of course, it will never change the sonant or consonant note in the making of combinations.

To expand the research arena, we also put the information of matched rāgas of Hindusthani. Here is an instance. Dh is sonant and R is consonant in Bhairava. Therefore, by selecting Dh to generate scales, the generator will show the Dh-R consonance along with other possible consonances. Furthermore, it will display Bhairava rāga as it has the same consonance of Dh-R.

This inclusion will enable researchers for further studies, and which will lead to identifying the emotional possibilities of rāgas. The researcher was unable to collect the vādi-saṃvādi-information of Carnatic rāgas. Therefore, Carnatic rāgas do not have such matches till now.

Notably, there are multiple variables of rasa evocation. In this research, basic focus is on a primary and well-discussed variable, the sonant note, which is explored with the help of various ancient and mediæval Sanskrit musicological works along with modern Interpretations of musicologists.

Svara Notation Scheme

Used Notation	Hindustani Name (Popular Notation)	Carnatic Name (Popular Notation)
Sa	Ṣaḍja (S)	Ṣaḍja (S)
R	Komala Ṛṣabha (r)	Śuddha Ṛṣabha (R1)
Ri	Śuddha Ṛṣabha (R)	Catuḥ-śruti Ṛṣabha/Śuddha Gāndhāra (R2/G1)
G	Komala Gāndhāra (g)	Sādhāraṇa Gāndhāra/Ṣaṭśruti Ṛṣabha (G2/R3)
Ga	Śuddha Gāndhāra (G)	Sādhāraṇa Gāndhāra (G3)
Ma	Śuddha Madhyama (M)	Śuddha Madhyama (M1)
M	Tīvra Madhyama (m)	Prati Madhyama (M2)
Pa	Pañcama (P)	Pañcama (P)
Dh	Komala Dhaivata (d)	Śuddha Dhaivata (D1)
Dha	Śuddha Dhaivata (D)	Catuḥ-śruti Dhaivata/Śuddha Niṣāda (D2/N1)
N	Komala Niṣāda (n)	Kaiśikī Niṣāda/Ṣaṭśruti Dhaivata (N2/D3)
Ni	Śuddha Niṣāda (N)	Kākalī Niṣāda (N3)

Svara-Rasa-Doṣa Relation

First Stage Experimental Svara-Rasa Connections

S=Śānta \| S₁=Sambhoga Śṛṅgāra \| S₂=Vimpralambha Śṛṅgāra \| K=Karuṇa \| A=Adbhuta \| V=Vīra
Sa	S A V
R	S K S₂
Ri	S A V S₁
G	S K S₂
Ga	S A V S₁
Ma	S A V
M	S A V S₁
Pa	S A V S₁
Dh	S K S₂
Dha	S A V S₁
N	S A V S_1•2 K
Ni	S K S₂

Relation Between Rasa and Doṣa through Guṇa

This SRD relation is established with the help of the theories of Indic musicology, aesthetic and Ayurveda. The ties with rasas are mostly based on Sarasvatīhṛdayālaṅkāra/Bharatabhāṣya of Nānyadeva (1097 - 1147 AD.) and Sri Govinda S Tembe. For more information, please see the thesis.

This site is an intermediary tool for the Vedic Model of Music therapy, proposed in the doctoral thesis of Mr. Abirlal Gangopadhyay, submitted to the Department of Sanskrit Studies, School of Humanities, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India: Rasa Analysis of Sthūla-Paśyantī id est Non-lyrical Non-Percussive Indian Pure Music: A Pragmatic Approach in Therapeutic Context.

The proposed Therapeutic model is Vedic in this sense that it is inspired by the Gāthāgāna of the Yajurvedic Aśvamedha rite (Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, 13.1.5 [also]; Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa, 3.9.14 & Kāṇva Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, 15.1.5).

The model is fourfold in nature:

Identification: To identify a subject on whom the therapy will be conducted
Composition: To select the best scale for the subject
Execution: To execute the scale with the help of a well-versed musician
Effect: To apply the therapy and to observe the result

This site will help the second part of this fourfold therapeutic model to select a melody for a therapy. According to the emotional requirement, this site will help one researcher/therapist select the same based on the sonant note, i.e., vādin svara.

To explore more, please see the thesis.

Acknowledgement

For the vādi-saṃvādi-information of rāgas, the researcher heartily acknowledge Mr. Sudhir V. Gadre, author of the well-known and well-managed website, Ocean of Ragas.

My heartiest regards to Mr. Sanal Vikram, a doctoral research scholar of the Department of Sanskrit Studies, UoH, who built this website and did all the necessary work to place it on the web.

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