Ragas and benefits

[kvchellappa]

This is from Amrithavahini, a post by Sri K N Ramesh:

(Mrs. Sudha Raghunathan said that she was doing research on this. Wonder whether she has finished).

Carnatic RAGAS & BENEFITS

Ahir Bhairav:
Gives free relaxed feeling and mitigates dust allergies and skin disease. Good for arthritic conditions

Amrutavarshini:
Ushana vyathi nasini ( alleviates diseases related to heat)

Ananda Bhairavi:
Supresses stomach pain in both men and women. Reduces kidney type problems. Controls blood pressure

Bagesri:
Helps in attaining Guru's grace

Bhairavi:
Reduces anxiety, pressures, skin, disease, allergies

Bhupala:
To awaken someone out of deep sleep

Charukesi:
26th raga in the melakarta scale (parent) of the south Indian classical music. Rejuvenates the mind helping one to age gracefully. It enlivens the
singer and listener.

Desh:
The suppression of the senses releases a negative force. The process of sublimation needs a spiritual path. Rag Desh can provide that. Its energy
gives the listener serenity, peace, inner joy, right valor, universal love and patriotism

Dwijavanti:
Quells paralysis and sicorders of the mind

Ganamurte:
Helpful in diabetes

Hamsadhwani:
Energy giving. Provides good thinking, chaitanya. Sarvarogaharini (panacea

Hemavati:
Good for joint and back pain

Hindolam:
Improves digestive power. Cures stomach related. problems

Kalyani:
Gives energy and removes tension and acts as general tonic. Dispels the darkness of fear; Gives motherly comfort and increases confidence. Kalyani
means mangalam. Recited with faith and devotion, it is believed to clinch marriage alliances. Many authentic reports exist about the raga's power to
destroy fear in many forms: fear of poverty, of love, of power, of ill-health, of death, and so on.

Kapi:
Sick patients get over their depression, anxiety. Reduces absent mindedness

Karaharapriya:
Curative for heart disease and nervous irritablility, neurosis, worry and distress.

Kedaram:
Gives energy and removes tension

Keervani:
Promotes dhyana (meditation) at mental and physical levels

Kokilam:
Helps to prevent stone formation, burning sensations, sleeplessness and anxiety.

Madhuvarshini:
Good for nerves. Cures diseases like slight headache, sleeplessness, and sinus problems.

Madhyamavati:
Clears paralysis, giddiness, pain in legs/hands, etc. and nervous complaints

Malaya Maruta:
To awaken someone out of deep sleep

Maya Malava Gowla:
Counters pollution. It can be called the Gateway to Carnatic music. The history of Camatic music says that the blessed musician, Purandaradasar,
introduced the system of Mayamalava gowla. This raga has the power to neutralize toxins in the body. Practicing it in the early hours of the
morning, in the midst of nature will enhance the strength of the vocal chords.

Mohanam:
Mohanam is present where beauty and love coexist. It filters out the ill-effects of kama (desire for sex) , krodha (anger) and moha (lust),
bestowing immense benefits on the listener. Also said to sures chronic headaches, indigestion, and depression.

Neelambari:
To get rid of insomnia

Ranjani:
Cures kidney disease

Rathipathipriya:
Adds strengh and vigor to a happy wedded life. This 5-swara raga has thepower to eliminate poverty. The prayoga of the swaras can wipe off the
vibrations of bitter feelings emitted by ill will

Rohini:
Cures back pain, joint pain, etc.

Sama:
Makes mind sober, tranquil, induces good sleep. Good for world peace.

Saramati:
Elevates from depressed state. Cures balagraha dosham in children (undiagnoses crying and imitability). For sleeplessness, itching, eye and
ear problems, skin problems, and the problems of hearing irregular sounds

Sindu Bhairavi:
Removes sins and sorrows and saves from unforesenn events

Sivaranjani:
Powerful raga for meditation; bestows benevolence of God. Removes sadness, ushana roga santi (diseases related to excess heat). Good for general health

Sandhya Kalyani:
Cures ear, nose and eye diseases. Relieves chronic clods. Gives good sleep and freshness

Shankarabharanam:
The power of this raga is incredible. It cures mental illness, soothes the turbulent mind and restores peace and harmony. If rendered with total de
votion for a stipulated period, it can cure mental disorders said to be beyond the scope of medical treatment. It also is said to have the power to
shower wealth.

Shanmugapriya:
Sharpens the intellect of the singer as well as the listener. Instills courage in one's mind and replenishes the energy in the body.

Subhapantuvarali:
Alleviates mental dilemmas and indecisiveness

Suddha dhanyasi:
Remover of sorrows. Gives a happy feeling. Tonic for nerves. Cures rhinitis and migraine.

Suruti:
Mitigates stomach burn, insomnia, fear, disgust

Vakulabharanam:
Alleviates asthma, bronchitis, heart disease, depression, skin disease and skin

Varali:
Varali is good for vayu tatva, heart, skin ailments and gastric problems.

Vasanta / Vasanti:
Controls high and low blood pressure, cures heart as well as nervous diseases. Can dear the fog of confusion when a series of medical tests has
to be analysed. It heals nervous breakdowns.

Vasantham:
Cures paralysis

Viswambari:
General tonic, acts quickly

Yamuna Kalyani:
Gives freshness and dynamism

[rajeshnat]

Rohini:
Cures back pain, joint pain, etc.

What is this raga Rohini, I dont even know this yet. Hmmm will take all this with a grain of salt.

[arasi]

Music is healing, pleasing--is therapeutic and can bring joy. No question about it. Just as bananas, apples and other fruits and vegetables and grains of all kinds nourish us.

The question is, how can there be such a specific connection between a major, minor or an unknown rAgA and a list of ailments in their specialized healing capacity?!

[Nick H]

Absolutely, music heals us, improves our state of mind and changes our emotional state. The most ardent of materialists could not deny this. Music is good for us!

I share Arasi's doubt about specific music/songs/raga being connected with any particular illness, state of mind or part of the body.

A person may say, it works for them. They may have particular music/raga selections that cause certain reactions. They may have a finely-developed self-awareness to back up that assertion. This is fine, and I suspect that many of us, to a greater or lesser extent do use music in our lives in this way.

I cannot criticise research that I know nothing about, but I have come across research of the "works for me and a couple of friends have said, oh, yeah... I see what you mean" kind. Maybe, yes, that is some sort of enquiry, but it is not research. Research takes dozens, if not hundreds, of controlled experiments. I doubt very much that anyone, in this field, has really done that, or gone beyond anecdotal evidence.

It can't do any harm. But claiming it as fact is a little dubious.

[Rsachi]

Hemavati:
Good for joint and back pain

Thank god. I have heard Srikantimatim in Hemavati 5 times sung by men and women and played on instruments, in last 2 weeks. Now that I know my niggling back pain will be alleviated, I am already feeling better! (last couple of minutes).

[kvchellappa]

This seems to be conventional or hearsay pass-on message.
Smt Sudha R mentioned she was doing research. I do not know where it stands.

[narayan]

Rohini:
Cures back pain, joint pain, etc.

What is this raga Rohini, I dont even know this yet. Hmmm will take all this with a grain of salt.

rajeshnat,
Whatever the ragas may achieve, I think salt does increase BP, so go easy! Although there are some ragas for that also.

[rajeshnat]

Rohini:
Cures back pain, joint pain, etc.

What is this raga Rohini, I dont even know this yet. Hmmm will take all this with a grain of salt.

rajeshnat,
Whatever the ragas may achieve, I think salt does increase BP, so go easy! Although there are some ragas for that also.

narayan
For every raga there is surely a side effect but for that also there is another raga
Eating less salt leads to weakened bones which may lead to joint pain , so I guess listening to rohini ragam will help.

[Rsachi]

Lest excessive worry about Rohini cause dyspepsia, I give what Smt Pattammal's book Ragapravagam says:
Janya of Sooryakanta (17th Melakarta)
Rohini S R G M M D N S S N D M M G R S
(Both sudda & Prati Madyama)

[rshankar]

Eating less salt leads to weakened bones which may lead to joint pain

Really???? Where's your evidence for this? What I know is to the contrary - high salt intake leads to increased calcium loss in the urine, which could lead to osteoporosis....

[rajeshnat]

Ravi and others apologies - I just countered narayan just like that .

Ravi,
By any chance when you eat less salt, by some circuitous route something will go wrong with bones which ravi knows and I dont know yet . If ravi answers that , then I will ask them to hear Rohini

[arasi]

"Take it 'without' a pinch of salt!", the doc says, and I will listen to him. On the other hand, if he says 'go off chocolate!', I do have a problem

Anyhow, the unknown rAgA rOhiNi is gaining 'star' status in this thread. Any samples, anyone?

[shankarank]

Somebody had a special term for google search in one of the posts recently - a french term? You seem to have forgotten, confused by that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFbHGiCt-Ic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4DIO1BlFcg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6RgqWq7eDQ

Hopefully varsha has some horse's mouth rendition stashed somewhere!

[rshankar]

Rajesh! No such luck... Less salt may actually do one good - and not just from the BP pov...
Arasi - chocolates are the best mood enhancers this side of psychiatric medications I know of! So, you'll get no such advice from me....

[varsha]

Hopefully varsha has some horse's mouth rendition stashed somewhere!

https://archive.org/details/MAmavaGAnaLOlaROhini

[VK RAMAN]

rOhini seems to be a moorcha raagam?

[shankarank]

So it is a treatment for moorcha rOgam? http://lupushomeremedy.com/tag/neuro-sc ... cha-rogam/

Tamilians might spell it as rOgini!

Anyway the dwimadyama ( which is a swaraksharam at the start of the kriti mAmava lOla) parallels sa-ri relation. if sa has it's pratimadyama , the M1 has its own in N3