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Shyaamaa Shaastree - This member of the Carnatic Music Trinity was born in 1762 and became well-versed in Sanskrit and Telegu early on. At 18 he moved from Tiruvaaroor to Tanjaavoor with his family and became a great devotee of Bangaaru Kaamaakshi. He began learning music from his uncle but then became a devout disciple of Sangeeta Swaami, and then of Pacimiriam ADiappayyar. Even when young, he began composing keertanams in Sanskrit and Telegu, especially on Fridays, when he meditated in the presence of his favorite deity. One day, when he went to PudukoTTai and offered prayers to the temple, a stranger asked him to go to Madurai and compose a few kritis in honor of the presiding deity Meenaakshi. He began the next day on his journey to Madurai to compose nine kritis, his navaratnamaalika. He is considered the creator of the song form swarajati - originally a dance form, but he made it a beautiful musical piece by removing the jatis. The raagam aananda bhairavi is considered his property because 5 of his compositions expound the raagam so fully. Most of his songs are in Telegu, with a few in Sanskrit and Tamil. He had a preference for the caapu taalam (especially mishra caapu, 4 plus 3). His disciples include Alasur Krishnayaar, Subbaraaya Shaastree, and TaarangambaDi Pancanaatayyar. He died on February 6, 1827 at 65.

Mudra: Shyaamakrishna

Compositions:

1. Adinamunci pogaDi pogaDi - Anandabhairavi
   
2. akhilANDeshvari durusuga - karnATakakApi
   
3. birAna varAlicci - kalyANi
   
4. brhannAyaki nannu - madhyamAvati
   
5. brOva samayamidE - punnAgavarALi
   
6. brOvavammA bangAru - nIlAmbari
   
7. brOvavammA tAmasamEla - mAnji
   
8. brOvumu aninE - kIravANi
   
9. dayajUDa manci - jaganmOhini
   
10. dayAnidhE mAmava - bEgaDa
    
11. dEvI brOva - cintAmaNI
    
12. dEvi brOva samayaamidE - cintaamaNi
    
13. dEvI mInanEtrI - shankarAbharaNa
    
14. dEvI nannu - kalyANi
    
15. dEvI nIdu pada - kAmbhOji
    
16. dEvi shrI kAmAkSi - bhairavi
    
17. durusugA krpajUci - sAvEri
    
18. durusugaa - saavEri
    
19. Emani migula - tODi
    
20. ennEramum un - punnAgavarALi
    
21. ennEramum un nAmam - pUrvikalyANi
    
22. himaadri sutE - kalyaaNi
    
23. himAcala tanaya - Anandabhairavi
    
24. janani natajana - sAvEri
    
25. kaamaakshee (swarajati) - bhairavi
    
26. kAmAkSi (amba) anudinamu (svarajati) - bhairavi
    
27. kAmAkSi (amba) bangAru - varALi
    
28. kAmAkSi karuNAkaTAkSi (gItam) - paraju
    
29. kAmAkSi lOkasAkSiNi (gItam) - madhyamAvati
    
30. kAmAkSi nAtO - bEgaDa
    
31. kAmAkSi nIdu padayugamu (svarajati) - yadukulakAmbhOji
    
32. kanaka shaila - punnaagavaraaLi
    
33. karuNa jooDu - shree
    
34. karuNa jUDa - shrI
    
35. karuNa jUDavamma - varALi
    
36. karuNAnidhi ilalO - tODi
    
37. mahilO ambA - Anandabhairavi
    
38. marivErE gati - Anandabhairavi
    
39. mAyammA nannu - nATakuranji
    
40. mAyammA yaninE - Ahiri
    
41. meenalOcana brOva - dhanyaasi
    
42. mInalOcanI brOva - dhanyAsi
    
43. nA manavini (tv) - saurASTra
    
44. nannu brOva lalitA - lalitA
    
45. nannu brOva rAdA - gauLipantu
    
46. nannu brOva rAdA O - janaranjani
    
47. nannu brOvu lalitA - lalitA/vasantA
    
48. nIlAyatAkSI - paraju
    
49. ninnE namminAnu - tODi
    
50. ninnE nammiti - kEdAragauLa
    
51. ninnE nammiti nijamuga - kEdAragauLa
    
52. ninnu vinA mari galadA - rItigauLa
    
53. ninnuvinAga mari - pUrvikalyANi
    
54. nIvE gatiyani (varNa) - kalyANi
    
55. O jagadamba nanu - Anandabhairavi
    
56. paalincu kaamaakshi - madyamaavati
    
57. paarvati ninnu nE - kalkaDa
    
58. pAhi shrI girirAjasutE - Anandabhairavi
    
59. pAhimAm shrI - nATa
    
60. pAlayAshu mAm - Arabhi
    
61. pAlimpavammA - mukhAri
    
62. pAlincu kAmAkSi - madhyamAvati
    
63. paraakEla nannu - kEdaara gowLa
    
64. parAmukhamEnammA - kalyANi
    
65. pArvatI janani (gItam) - bhairavi
    
66. pArvatI ninu - kalkaDa
    
67. puraharajAyE - gauLipantu
    
68. rAvE himagiri kumArI (svarajati) - tODi
    
69. rAvE parvata rAjakumArI - kalyANi
    
70. sAmi ninnE nammiti - bEgaDa
    
71. sAmini rammanavE - Anandabhairavi
    
72. santatam ennai rakSippAi - paraju
    
73. sArasAkSi sadA - sAvEri
    
74. sari evarammA - bhairavi
    
75. sarOjadaLa nEtri - shankaraabharaNam
    
76. shankari shamkuru - sAvEri
    
77. shankari shankari - kalyANi
    
78. shrI kAmAkSI - kalyANi
    
79. shrIpati mukha viracita - sAvEri
    
80. talli ninnu nera - kalyaaNi
    
81. taruNam eedamma - gowLipantu
    
82. trilOka mAtA - paraju