Kanarakam, Kaṉarākam, Kana-rakam: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Kaṉarākam (கனராகம்) [kaṉa-rākam] noun < ghana +. A name common to each of the ten musical modes, viz., நாட்டை, சாரங்கநாட்டை, கேதாரநாட் டை, வராளி, ஆரபி, பெளளம், கெளளம், ரீதிகெளளம், நாராயணகெளளம்,்ரீராகம்; ஒருசார் இராகங்களின் தொகுதி. [nattai, saranganattai, ketharanad dai, varali, arapi, pelalam, kelalam, rithigelalam, narayanagelalam,riragam; orusar iragangalin thoguthi.] (பரதசாஸ்திரம் இராக. [magaparatham iraga.] 65, உரை. [urai.])

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