Compositions of Maharajah Svathi Tirunal

Contents:
PART A: Alphabetic List of Maharaja Svathi Tirunal Compositions
PART B: List of "Group" songs (extracted from Part A)
PART C: Other poetical works of Maharaja Svathi Tirunal
 

TRANSLITERATION SCHEME

vowels:

a A i I u U .r e E ai o O au M

consonants:

k kh g gh .n

c ch j jh ~n

T Th D Dh N

t th d dh n

p ph b bh m

y r l v

's S s h

 

Notes
1. A few compositions are listed twice in the above listing (indicated  by a (*).  The reason is they are sung in two different rAgaMs by different group of musicians.
2. Most of the maNipravALaM compositions employ a combination of Malayalam and Sanskrit languages  for the lyric.
3. There is just one composition in Kannada.

navarAtri kIrtanaM (on Goddess)

 1. dEvI jagajjanani, 'sankarabharaNaM,  Adi
 2. pAhi mAm, 'srIvagI'svari, kalyANi, Adi
 3. dEvI pAvanE, sAvEri, Adi
 4. bhAratI mAmava, tODi, Adi
 5. jananI mAmava, bhairavi, tripuTa
 6. sarOruhAsanajAyE, pantuvarALi, Adi
 7. jananI pAhi sadA, 'suddhasAvEri, tripuTa
 8. pAhi jajani, nATTakura~nji, tripuTa
 9. pAhi parvatanandini, Arabhi, Adi

navaratnamAlika (SamarpaNa) kIrtanaM

'sravaNaM:  bhavadIyakathA, bhairavi, Adi
kIrtanam: tAvaka nAmAni, kEdAragauLa, jhaMpa
smaraNaM: satataM saMsmarAmi, nIlAmbari, tripuTa
pAdasEvanaM: pa.nkajAkSa tava, tODi, rUpakaM
arcanaM: AradhayAmi, bilahari, tripuTa
vandanaM: vandE dEvadEva, bEgaDa, rUpakaM
dAsyaM:  paramapuruSa nanu, Ahiri, tripuTa
sakhyaM: bhavati vi'svAsO, mukhAri, tripuTa
AtmanivEdanaM: dEvadEva kalayAmi, nAdanAmakriya, rUpakaM

ghanarAga pa~ncaka kIrtanaM

pAhi 'saurE, nATTa, rUpakaM
kAmajanaka, gauLa, Adi
mAmava padmanAbha, varALi, cApu
'srIramaNa vibhO, Arabhi, Adi
rINamadad.rta, 'srI, Adi
sarasIruhanAbha, kEdAraM, cApu
paripAlaya mAm, rItigauLa, rUpakaM
tApasa manaM, sAra.nganATa, rUpakaM

utsava prabandhaM (10) (all in maNiprava`ALaM)

avatArika  pa.nkajanAbhOtsava,  mOhanaM, cApu
onnAm utsavam (1) pa~ncasAyakan,   nIlAmbari, Adi
rNTAm utsavam (2) pa.nkajAkSanAM,  tODi, rUpakaM
mUnnAm utsavaM (3) kanakamayamAyITuM, hu'sEni, rUpakaM
nAlAm utsavaM (4) AndOLikAvahanE,  Anandabhairavi, cApu
a~ncAm utsavaM (5) syAnandUrE'san,  kura~nji, Adi
ArAm utsavam (6) indirApati  navarOj, rUpakaM
EzhAm utsavam (7) 'sibikayile,  ma.ngaLakai'sika, rUpakaM
eTTAm utsavaM (8) nIlappuri,  yadukulakAmbhOji, rUpakaM
onpatAm utsavam (9) 'saradindusamAna, kAmbhOji, cApu
pattAm utsavam (10) nAga'sayananAM,  pantuvarALi, Ad
ma.ngalaM  sarasijanAbhanin, saurAStraM, cApu

Note:
All the above songs are prefixed, and suffixed by a good number of lengthy 'slOkaMs in maNipravALaM.

rAgamAlika

kamalajAsya (da'sAvatAraM)
(mOhanaM, bilahari, dhanyA'si, sAra.nga, aThANA, nATTAkura~nji, darbAr, Anandabhairavi, saurASTraM)

bhAvayAmi raghurAmam (rAmAyaNaM)
(sAVEri, nATTAkura~nji, dhanyA'si, mOhanaM, mukhAri, pUrvikalyANi, madhyamAvati)

pannagendra 'sayana
('sa.nkarAbharaNaM, kAMbhOji, nIlAmbari, bhairavi, tODi, suraTTi, nAdanAmak.riya, bhUpALaM)

hindustAni rAgamAlA

sOhAnI svarUp kAnh
(sOhAni, dIpcAnd, naT, bibhas, malhAr, maNira.ng, kAnaDa, sAra.nga, gurjjari, hinDoL, aThANA, 'syAM)

catur rAgamalikA 'slOkam

1. sanantam kamalAmanoharI
(kamalAmanOhari, haMsadhvani, rEvagupti, tara.ngiNi)

2. kalyaNi khalu
(kalyaNi, mOhanaM, sara.nga, 'sa.nkarAbharaNaM)

3. balahari padapadmAn
(bilahari, varALi, pUrvikalyANi, dhanyA'si)

1. padmanAbha 'satakaM (100 'slOkaMs)

a poetical work embodying the theme of bhakti, on the devotion of Lord PadmanAbha, and his ten incarnations.

2. bhaktima~njari

a long philosophical kAvyaM, bringing out the nine forms of devotion to Lord, namely:
'sravaNaM, kIrtanaM, smaraNam, pAdasEvanaM, arcanaM, vandanaM, dAsyaM, sakhyaM, and AtmanivEdanaM.

3. syAnandUrapura varNana prabandhaM (campU kAvyaM)

(prose mixed with poetry) a treatise on the usage of rhythm, and dealing with the glorification of various temples and the festivals in the Trivandrum area.

4. muhana prAsantya prasAdya vyavastA

a work  on figures of speech ('sabdAla.nkAraM) in musical compositions, based on the compositions of  Margadarsi Sesha Iyengar.

5. kucElOpAkhyAnaM

a harikatha composition on the story of kucEla

6. ajAmiLa mOkSaM

a harikatha composition on this epic story

7. utsavaprabandhaM

elaborately describing the festivel for each day at the Padmanabhaswamy temple.

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