Vachaspati (raga)

Vachaspati
ArohanamS R₂ G₃ M₂ P D₂ N₂ 
Avarohanam N₂ D₂ P M₂ G₃ R₂ S
EquivalentAcoustic scale

Vachaspati (pronounced Vāchaspati, meaning Lord of speech) is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 64th melakarta rāgam in the 72 melakarta rāgam system. It is known as Bhushāvati according to the Muthuswami Dikshitar school.[1][2] It was borrowed into Hindustani music, like many other ragas from Carnatic rāgams.[1][3]

  1. ^ a b Raganidhi by P. Subba Rao, Pub. 1964, The Music Academy of Madras
  2. ^ Ragas in Carnatic music by Dr. S. Bhagyalekshmy, Pub. 1990, CBH Publications
  3. ^ Ravikiran, Chitravina N.; Ramanathan, Sharada (12 April 2002). "Carnatic music – a complete system". The Hindu. Retrieved 27 July 2020.