Kharaharapriya

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proper noun

Name of a rāgam in Carnatic music. It is the 22nd melakarta rāgam in the 72 melakarta rāgam system.

OriginSanskrit खरहरप्रिया →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. entertainmentName of a rāgam in Carnatic music. It is the 22nd melakarta rāgam in the 72 melakarta rāgam system.

Origin

  1. Sanskritखरहरप्रिया
  2. EnglishKharaharapriya

Borrowed from Sanskrit खरहरप्रिया (kharaharapriyā, literally “loved by the slayer of demon Khara”), from खर (khara) + हर (hara) + प्रिया (priyā).

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Translations

Hindi खरहरप्रिया
  • खरहरप्रिया (kharharpriya)a raga
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