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Sri: 
There is a raga called GuNakriyaa. vide Srinivasa gadyam.
The raga in question might be guNakriya and not be GunDakriya.

Dasan
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Here, for krithi 'inthanuchu' the raagam is guNDakriyaa [or guNTakriyaa or
kuNDakriyaa or kuNtakriyaa] – [I am not sure which one to adopt here] –
because when I search in the music websites I get all above spellings. So
let me go into the meaning of different words here like guNda, guNta or
kuNda or kuNTa --



As per Monier Williams dictionary



GuNda – 'scirpus kysoor' – a kind of reed [page 358]

– reed means stalk or grass or straw or stem



This means - it is something like a type of grass, which is used as a seat
covering for sitting on it and doing some 'kriyaa' – a yagnam like thing –
like the 'dharbha aasanam'



Or a stalk offered in fire



[Since I am not a botanical expert I cannot say what is 'scirpus kysoor'

–        can it be stems of 'naayuruvi' in tamil

–        of course cannot be used as a seat but put or placed in the fire as
oblation.

Stalks of naayuruvi is used in homams now also – particularly for homams
done during auspicious occasions – sudharsana homams, pavithra homams etc]



No 'gunTa' word is available.

No 'kuNTa' word is also available.

Another kunTha – the second Ta is available and that meaning is a mad man –
so no need for us to use that word.



Then can it be kuNDa – if it is a root verb kuNda then



kuNDathE - verb – to burn [page 289 of Monier Williams]

kuNdayathi – verb – to protect

kundathi - verb – to mutilate



kuNDa – noun – a vessel for coal, a basin, pot or bowl – [as per rigveda], a
clump of dharbha grass, a round hole in ground for receiving water or fire



kriyaa – dear readers you all know as – an action – doing – performing.



So even if it guNDa or kunDa it is ok for me – for all these meanings suit
well. But generally used name of this raagam is guNdakriyaa.



raama's marriage was the occasion where raama was sitting and doing a 'hOma
kriyaa' along with seethaa - as elaborately described. In other occasions
when a homam or yagnam is performed by raama [like that vaasthu saanthi
rites] – no such detailed description is available in vaalmeeki and
thyaagaraaja has not done krithi on that. On that great grand
pattaabhishEkam – as the name goes it is pouring of holy water from all holy
water sources. So no big descriptions of homa kriyaa is available like this
marriage time.



So the raagam selection is fully apt.



Perhaps somebody may raise an objection why you are referring Sanskrit
dictionary instead of telugu for the correct name of this raagam and its
meaning, for the krithi is in telugu, – to him I have to say most of the
raagam names are in sanskrit ONLY.



On this particular point our respected moderator Sri Sadagopan swamin will
also agree in toto with me -I suppose.



Let us continue in next post.

Dhasan

Vasudevan m.g.


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