page_title: Nagasvaravali
section_title: Structure and Lakshana
hierarchical_section_title: Nagasvaravali / Structure and Lakshana
context_page_description: Nāgasvarāvaḻi, is a rāgam in Carnatic music. It is an audava rāgam. It is a janya rāgam, as it does not have all the seven swaras.
context_section_description: Nāgasvarāvaḻi is a symmetric rāgam that does not contain rishabham or nishādam. It is a pentatonic scale (audava-audava ragam in Carnatic music classification - audava meaning 'of 5'). Its ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows (see swaras in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms):
  ārohaṇa : S G₃ M₁ P D₂ Ṡ
  avarohaṇa : Ṡ D₂ P M₁ G₃ S
  (the notes used in this musical scale are shadjam, antara gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, panchamam, chathusruti dhaivatam)
  Nāgasvarāvaḻi is considered a janya rāgam of Harikambhoji, the 28th Melakarta rāgam, though it can be derived from other melakarta rāgams, Chakravakam, Sooryakantam, Shankarabharanam, Vagadheeswari or Shoolini, by dropping both rishabham and nishādam.
caption: Nāgasvarāvaḻi scale with shadjam at C