what does audava mean
Bhupalam (pronounced bhÅ«palam) is a rÄgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is a pentatonic scale (audava rÄgam or owdava rÄgam).It is a janya rÄgam (derived scale), as it does not have all the seven swaras (musical notes). It is also written as Bhoopalam.t is a symmetric pentatonic scale (audava-audava ragam in Carnatic music classification â audava meaning 'of 5'). Its ascending and descending scale (Ärohaá¹a-avarohaá¹a structure) is as follows: 1  Ärohaá¹a: S R1 G2 P D1 S.