Kanakangi

Kanakangi scale with shadjam at C

Meaning

Proper Noun

Name of a raga in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the first melakarta raga in the 72 melakarta raga system of Carnatic music.

Origin

“Golden-bodied one”, from Sanskrit कनक ("gold") + Telugu అంగి ("bodied").

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