Dhanyasi

[1] This is the common and popular scale and is used for portraying the bhakthi rasa.

[2] Dhanyasi is an asymmetric rāgam that does not contain rishabham or dhaivatam in the ascending scale.

For the details of the notations and terms, see swaras in Carnatic music.

The rāgam used by Dikshitar school of music uses chathusruti rishabham (R2) in the descending scale, in place of shuddha rishabham (R1), bringing it under the 20th melakarta Natabhairavi.

This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rāgam.

Ascending scale with shadjam at C, which is same as Udayaravichandrika scale
Descending scale with shadjam at C, which is same as Hanumatodi scale