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The katpayadi sankhya is a way of determining the number of a melakarta ragam from the first two syllables of the name of the raga.
History
How to use it
Following is the Katpayadi sankhya in the Roman alphabet and in Devanagari.
Katpayadi sankhya
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9 |
0 |
| Kadi nava |
Ka |
Kha |
Ga |
Gha |
Nga |
Ca |
Cha |
Ja |
Jha |
Nya |
| Tadi nava |
Ṭa |
Ṭha |
Ḍa |
Ḍha |
Ṇa |
Ta |
Tha |
Da |
Dha |
Na |
| Padi pancha |
Pa |
Pha |
Ba |
Bha |
Ma |
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| Yadi ashta |
Ya |
Ra |
La |
Va |
Śa |
Sha |
Sa |
Ha |
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काट्पायाडी संख्या
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१ |
२ |
३ |
४ |
५ |
६ |
७ |
८ |
९ |
० |
| कािड नव |
क |
ख |
ग |
घ |
ङ |
च |
छ |
ज |
झ |
ञ |
| टािड नव |
ट |
ठ |
ड |
ढ |
ण |
त |
थ |
द |
ध |
न |
| पािड पंच |
प |
फ |
ब |
भ |
म |
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| यािड अष्ट |
य |
र |
ल |
व |
श |
ष |
स |
ह |
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To use the sankhya, take the first two syllables of the name of the ragam, and locate the corresponding columns on the table. Then take the two numbers and reverse them to get the mela number.
Example:
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