Baradi (Odia: ବରାଡ଼ି, romanized: barādi) is a rāga belonging to the tradition of Odissi music.[1][2][3] Falling under the meḷa Barādi,[4] the raga uses komala rusabha, komala dhaibata and tibra madhyama swaras and is traditionally associated with the karuṇa rasa.[5] The raga is mentioned in treatises such as the Gita Prakasa[6] and Sangita Narayana.[7][5] This raga has been used by the 12th-century Odia composer Jayadeva in his Gita Govinda along with its angaraga Desa Barādi.[8]
Structure
An ancient raga, Baradi has been used by hundreds of poet-composers for well-over the past many centuries.[9] The raga is sampurna or heptatonic in its aroha and abaroha (ascent and descent). Its aroha-abaroha are given below :
Aroha : S r G M P d N S
Abaroha : S N d P M G r S
The raga dwells or does nyasa on the gandhara, as per tradition and evokes a solemn mood.[8]
^Hota, Dr. Damodar (2012). Udra Paddhatiya Sangita (in Odia). Vol. 2. Bhubaneswar: Swara-Ranga. pp. 18–19.
^Odisi Raga Sarani. Bhubaneswar: Odissi Research Centre. 2004.
^ abMisra, Purusottama (2009). Bose, Prof. Mandakranta (ed.). Sangitanarayana (A Seventeenth Century Text on Music and Dance from Orissa). Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts and Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd. ISBN9788120832886.
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