Koteeswara Iyer's ghana-naya-desika

[jeevagv]

A small writeup on this lyrics of the 'ghana-naya-desika' composition:

http://jeevagv.blogspot.com/2010/05/blog-post.html

[karthikbala]

A most attractive composition. Here is a clip:
http://charulathamani.com/clips/rishabhapriya.mp3 (alapana)
http://charulathamani.com/clips/gananayadesika.mp3 (kriti)

[satyabalu]

A small writeup on this lyrics of the 'ghana-naya-desika' composition:

http://jeevagv.blogspot.com/2010/05/blog-post.html

* The way Tamil syallables are written is quite unfriendly to the readers.Why people who have given the feedback have also given in that format (which we have not been taught/ or heard of)?
*Or this is way inscriptions are made?
*In a way it helped me to go through the meaning slowly!

[Pratyaksham Bala]

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Vaggeyakara KotIswara iyer
Kriti: gana naya dEshika

Presented by S Rajam :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKDBhXLR3Zk


Pallavi :
gana naya dEshika gAnarasika shikAmaNi nIyE kandA
enakkaruL nIyE dinam

A.Pallavi :
kaninaya sholporuL ganagambhIram
iniya shrutiyODu iyai laya dIra

Charanam :
SaDja riSabhapriya gAndhAra madhyama
pancama daivata niSAda vida
saptaswara sangIta kavi kunjaradAsan
anavaratam tarum ninnaruL maya


Lyrics in Tamil :
பல்லவி :
கன நய தேசிக கானரசிக சிகாமணி நீயே கந்தா
எனக்கருள் நீயே தினம்

அ.பல்லவி :
கனிநய சொல்பொருள் கனகம்பீரம்
இனிய சுருதியோடு இயை லய தீர

சரணம் :
ஷட்ஜ ரிஷபப்பிரிய காந்தார மத்யம
பஞ்சம தைவத நிஷாத வித
சப்தஸ்வர சங்கீத கவி குஞ்சரதாசன்
அனவரதம் தரும் நின்னருள் மய

[shankarank]

https://sreenivasaraos.com/tag/naradiya-shiksha/

Was startled when somebody in a discussion group pointed to the deeper meaning of the line ShaDja riShabhapriya - the ShaDja refers to Peacock he said! Which is validated by the above article.

The person also pointed out, the Indian Solfa system for svaras is based on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onomatopoeia - the bird / animal sounds.

My take was, ShaDja refers to the Pleiades ( krittika constellation of stars) - the kArtikaippeNDir ( known as the seven sisters - where one is a binary visible as six) who according to legend fostered SrI Subramhanya.

Enna oru aRtha puSHTi ( meaningfully pregnant expression)?