Mīnākṣi Mē Mudam

verified pallavi

Minakshi Me Mudam

Pūrvī Kalyāṇi rāga · Ādi Tāla tāla·kshetra

Mīnākṣi mē mudam dehi

Pallavi · Pūrvī Kalyāṇi · Ādi Tāla

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Theme

Mīnākṣi — fish-eyed goddess of Madurai grants delight

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Pallavi

Mīnākṣi mē mudam dehi, mēcakāṅgi rāja-mātaṅgi

Mīnākṣi (the fish-eyed goddess), bestow delight upon me — dark-bodied one, royal Mātaṅgī.

Anupallavi theme

Praise of Mīnākṣi at Madurai, her marriage to Sundareśvara

Describes her form, her wedding to Sundareśvara, and the splendour of Madurai. The kṛti is in Pūrvī Kalyāṇi (a janya of mela 53 Gamanaśrama).

Caturaśra-jāti Tripuṭa — laghu(4) + dhruta + dhruta = 8 beats. The most common Carnatic tāla.

8 beats per āvarta · this notation spans ? cycle(s)

Saṅgīta Sampradāya Pradarśinī (1904)