Varna Varnanam: An Exposition of Select Varnams

Contents: 1. Dedication. 2. Index. 3. Foreword: Shri V.P. Dhananjayan Natyacharya, Bharata Kalanjali, Chennai. 4. Foreword: Dr. Sri V. Ananda Murthy, Professor and Head, Department of Telugu (Retd) Osmania University, Hyderabad, Researcher, Musicologist. 5. Foreword: Sri B. Krishna Moorthy, principla (Retd) Govt Music College, Chennai. 6. Preface. 7. Introduction. 8. Transliteration key for Swaras and Sahityam. 9. Composers information. 10. Audio support details. 11. Varnams sources details. 12. Telugu Varnams. 13. Sanskrit Varnams. 14. Tamil Varnams. 15. Kannada Varnam. 16. Malayalam Varnam.

‘Varna varnanam’ is an exposition of 26 varnams, which includes tana, pada, cauka, and daru varnams in Telugu, Tamil, Samskrtam, Kannada, Malayalam and manipravalam, taken from the varnam composition’ corpus of 16th century till date. Lyrics have been given in the root language of the varnam, Samskrtam and English, which are supported with notation, meanings and comprehensive explanation.