Compiled by
Ashok Madhav (madhav_pgh@yahoo.com)
Papanasam
Sivan is the most prominent Tamil composer of the 20th
century. He
was prolific and his compositions number more than 2500. Many of his
compositions are popularly rendered by musicians. Though
he is well known as a composer of
Tamil kritis, he has composed a large number of kritis in Sanskrit too.
The
most commonly heard Sanskrit kritis are ‘Sri Vallidevasena
pathe’ in Natabhairavi,
‘Srinivasa tava charanam’ in Kharaharpriya and Rama
padamboruham in
Kuntalavarali. There are more than 40 compositions in Sanskrit and they
are
listed below. Interestingly Sivan has also composed one kriti in
Telugu. ‘Nannu
brova nikemi’ in Valaji.
Avaang
manasa- Chakravakam
Balakrishna
maam pahi- Saveri
Bala
pahi vasudeva- Nilambari
Balasubramanya
–Kedaragoula
Bhagavottama-
Behag
Chamundeshwari
shankari- Saveri
Chandra
kalavatam-Shankarabharanam
Dasharathatmajam
–Purvikalyani
Dayanidhe
janakipathe- Nata
Devaki
vara bala- Kurinji
Dhim
tana udara (tillana)-Behag
Dhim
tarana dhim (tillana) Shanmukhapriya
Giridhara
gopala- Mohanam
Janakipathe
jaya- Kharaharapriya
Jaya
jaya bhuvanapathe- Bhimpalas
Jaya
vijayibhava- Maand
Je
Pandharisha- Sohani
Kailasa
chala vasa- Hindolam
Krishna
mukunda- Navaroj
Krishna
nama bhajare- Behag
Madhava
maya mamava- Hamsanandi
Marajanaka
madhusudana- Ragamalika
Mohana
Krishna- Surati
Nama
bhajare Rama-Maand
Narayana
nalinayata- Sama
Natarajo
vijayate-Vasanta
Padmanabha
mam pahi- Kalyani
Pahi
meenalochani- Bilahari
Patita
pavana rama- Todi
Radha
mukha kamala- Hindustani Kapi
Ramam
bhajata-Sri
Ramaa
padamboruham- Kuntalavarali
Sharade
veena vadana-Devagandhari
Sri
madhava vasudeva-Behag
Srinivasa
tava charam- Kharaharapriya
Sri
radha ramana- Behag
Sri
ramabhadra-Saramati
Sri
ramabhadra- Surati
Sri
shanmukham- Bhairavi
Sri
valli devasenapathe- Natabhairavi
Sri
vishwanatham- Bhairavi
Sridhara
venkatesham- Kalyani
Tava
charanam mama-Todi
Yamuna
teere- Hamirkalyani.