Namanarayani

It is called Nāmadēshi in Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music.

The mnemonic phrase is sa ra gu mi pa dha ni.

[2] Its ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows (see swaras in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms): (this scale uses the notes shuddha rishabham, antara gandharam, prati madhyamam, shuddha dhaivatham, kaisiki nishadham) As it is a melakarta rāgam, by definition it is a sampoorna rāgam (has all seven notes in ascending and descending scale).

A few compositions set to Namanarayani scale are: This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rāgam.

Namanarayani's notes when shifted using Graha bhedam, yields no other melakarta rāgam.