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Sri:

There is a raga called GuNakriyaa. vide Srinivasa gadyam.

The raga in question might be guNakriya and not be GunDakriya.

 

Dasan

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Here, for krithi 'inthanuchu' the raagam is guNDakriyaa [or guNTakriyaa or

kuNDakriyaa or kuNtakriyaa] – [i am not sure which one to adopt here] –

because when I search in the music websites I get all above spellings. So

let me go into the meaning of different words here like guNda, guNta or

kuNda or kuNTa --

 

 

 

As per Monier Williams dictionary

 

 

 

GuNda – 'scirpus kysoor' – a kind of reed [page 358]

 

– reed means stalk or grass or straw or stem

 

 

 

This means - it is something like a type of grass, which is used as a seat

covering for sitting on it and doing some 'kriyaa' – a yagnam like thing –

like the 'dharbha aasanam'

 

 

 

Or a stalk offered in fire

 

 

 

[since I am not a botanical expert I cannot say what is 'scirpus kysoor'

 

– can it be stems of 'naayuruvi' in tamil

 

– of course cannot be used as a seat but put or placed in the fire as

oblation.

 

Stalks of naayuruvi is used in homams now also – particularly for homams

done during auspicious occasions – sudharsana homams, pavithra homams etc]

 

 

 

No 'gunTa' word is available.

 

No 'kuNTa' word is also available.

 

Another kunTha – the second Ta is available and that meaning is a mad man –

so no need for us to use that word.

 

 

 

Then can it be kuNDa – if it is a root verb kuNda then

 

 

 

kuNDathE - verb – to burn [page 289 of Monier Williams]

 

kuNdayathi – verb – to protect

 

kundathi - verb – to mutilate

 

 

 

kuNDa – noun – a vessel for coal, a basin, pot or bowl – [as per rigveda], a

clump of dharbha grass, a round hole in ground for receiving water or fire

 

 

 

kriyaa – dear readers you all know as – an action – doing – performing.

 

 

 

So even if it guNDa or kunDa it is ok for me – for all these meanings suit

well. But generally used name of this raagam is guNdakriyaa.

 

 

 

raama's marriage was the occasion where raama was sitting and doing a 'hOma

kriyaa' along with seethaa - as elaborately described. In other occasions

when a homam or yagnam is performed by raama [like that vaasthu saanthi

rites] – no such detailed description is available in vaalmeeki and

thyaagaraaja has not done krithi on that. On that great grand

pattaabhishEkam – as the name goes it is pouring of holy water from all holy

water sources. So no big descriptions of homa kriyaa is available like this

marriage time.

 

 

 

So the raagam selection is fully apt.

 

 

 

Perhaps somebody may raise an objection why you are referring Sanskrit

dictionary instead of telugu for the correct name of this raagam and its

meaning, for the krithi is in telugu, – to him I have to say most of the

raagam names are in sanskrit ONLY.

 

 

 

On this particular point our respected moderator Sri Sadagopan swamin will

also agree in toto with me -I suppose.

 

 

 

Let us continue in next post.

 

Dhasan

 

Vasudevan m.g.

 

 

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Vasudevan MG

 

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