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Kaunsi Kanada
कौंसी कानड़ा
A celebrated mishra raga blending Malkauns in ascent with Darbari Kanada in descent, Kaunsi Kanada compresses two heavyweight late-night ragas into a single sweep. The pentatonic Malkauns rise resolves through the full Darbari descent with andolan on komal Dhaivat, producing an unusually solemn and chromatically dense mood.
Samay
MorningThird prahar of night (12am-3am)
Rasa
Gambhir, Karuna
Vadi · Samvadi
M · S
Pakad
S g M d n S', d n P, g M R S
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I Ascent & descent
Aroha (ascending)
SgMdnS'
Avaroha (descending)
S'dnPgMgMRS
II In performance
Famous compositions
Compositions not yet catalogued for this raga.
Listen to the masters
Ustad Amir KhanPt. Bhimsen JoshiPt. Nikhil BanerjeePt. Jasraj
Allied ragas