From - Thu Sep 04 06:38:08 1997

PUT SWAMI wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> I believe that whenever Sri Dikshitar has composed more than one song in a
>   particular raga, he puts the raga mudra only in the first one he has
> composed - perhaps this song was not the first  he  composed  Sama  raga .
> This inforamation is from my  mother's memory of reading it somewhere.
> Those knowledgeable in this can enlighten us.
> 
> Uma Roy


That is not correct. Though Dikshitar has not introduced a raga mudra
into every kriti, in some ragas he has used it in several compositions.
An example is Kalyani.

composition        -   phrase

kamalAmAm bhajarE - nitya kalyANIm
abhayAmbA jagadamba -  Asrita mA vANi kalyANi
kAmAkshIm kalyANIm - in the opening words
bhajarE rE citta -  nityAm kalyANIm

Another example is Bhairavi.

composition - phrase

cintayamA - bhairavi prasangam
lalitAmbikAyai - nata bhairavi nartta nAyai
srI kamalAmbAyAhA - bhairavi bhArgavI bharatyAhA
aryAm abhayAmbAm - natabhairavIm
dEvi jagadIswari - bhairavi bhArgavi vinutE

And one more for the road : gamakakriya

kAsi visAlakshIm - gamakakriya mOdinIm
mInakshi mEmudam - gAna dasa gamakakriyE

These may be exceptions because of the ease of incorporation of these
names but I think they suffice to prove that there is no rule.

Ramana