Kanakangi

English

Kanakangi scale with shadjam at C

Etymology

“Golden-bodied one”, from Sanskrit कनक (kanaka, “gold”) + Telugu అంగి (aṅgi, “bodied”).

Proper noun

Kanakangi

1. (music) Name of a raga in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the first melakarta raga in the 72 melakarta raga system of Carnatic music.

Translations

a raga

• Kannada: ಕನಕಾಂಗಿ (kanakāṅgi)
• Sanskrit: कनकांगि (kanakāṃgi)
• Telugu: కనకాంగి (te) (kanakāṅgi)