Pre-trinity

Kshetrayya

Ksh'etrayya ' composed five Pada-s callled 'Pancharatnamulou' at the behest Vijaya Raghava of
Tanjavur' - Subharaama Deekshitulu notes^

Karvetinagar govindasamayya

The Pancharatna Varna-s are very important compositions among the creations of
Govindasaamayya. These are in Mohana, Kedara Goula, Mukhaari, Naatakuranji and Navaroj raaga-s.

Veena Ramanuja iyengar

Veena Raamaanujayya mentions that Veena Varadayya has written the Saptaalankaara Saahitya-s.
The mudra of Veena varadayya is Vijaya varada. He has written the group compositions
Yatiraajaashtaka geeta-s,

parthasarathi pancharatna-s and

Sree Ranganaayakula Pancharatnaalu.

Trinity

Tyagaraja

He has composed several Samudayakritis (Group Kritis) such as Ghana Raga Pancharatna, kritis and
also other

Pancha ratna groups like, Kovur, Lalgudi, Tiruvattiyur and Srirangam Pancharatna.

He has also composed the groups of Utsava Sampradaya kritis, Divyanama Sankirtanas, Upachara
Kritis, ” There are 78 compositions in the group called Divyanama kirtanas,

the particular composition indented for singing along with these upacharas are known as Utava
Sampradaya kirtana. They are twenty four in number exclusive of one “choornika”.

Dikshitar

Dikshitar has composed 13 such groups.

A few examples are Navagraha Kritis (Astrology), Kamalamba Navavarana (Tantra Shastra),
Panchabhuta linga kritis (Hindu Philosphy), Tyagaraja Vibhakti Kritis (yoga) etc., He has also
composed Manipravalas and beautiful Ragamalikas.Apart from the musical felicity, we see his
moulding of Sanskrit phrases, grammatical variations as in Vibhakti kritis, temple and deity depiction
of his pilgrimage, systematic organization of kritis into Sthala or Deity groups, even a sub-group of
ragas with similar ending names, all these reveal a person who was thorough and organized in
putting his theory into practice.

1 Shodasa Ganapati Krithis

2Guruguha (Subramanya) Krithis

2.1Guruguha Vibhakti Krithis

3Devi Kritis

3.1Kamalamba Navavarna Kritis

3.2Neelayadakshi Kritis

3.3Nilotpalamba Vibhakti Krithis

3.4Mayuram - Abhayamba Navavarana Krithis

3.5Kanchi - Kamakshi Devi Krithis

3.6Madurai Maduramba(Meenakshi) Vibhakti  Krithis

3.7Madurai Meenakshi Devi Krithis

3.8Tanjavur - Brihadeeswari Devi Krithis

3.9Thiruvanaikaval - Akhilandeshwari Kritis

3.10Vaidya Balambika Kritis

3.11Kasi - Visalakshi / Annapurna Devi Kritis

3.12Kumbhakonam - Mangalamba Krithis

3.13Non-Kshetra kritis on Devi

4Navagraha Kritis

5Shiva kritis

5.1Pancha Bhoota Sthala Linga Kritis

5.2Tiruvarur - Panchalinga Kritis[6]

5.3Tiruvarur - Thyagaraja Vibhakti Krithis

5.4Mayuram - Mayuranatha Swami Krithis

5.5Kanchi - Ekamranatheswra Krithis

5.6Tanjavur - Brihadeeswara Krithis

5.7Chidambaram - Nataraja Kritis

5.8Chidambaram - Siva Kameswari Kritis

5.9Chidambaram - Govinda Rajeswara Kritis

5.10Tiruvaiyaru - Pranatartiharana Panchandishwara Kritis

5.11Kasi - Visweswara / Kala Bhairava Kritis

5.12Sri Vaidyanatha

6Sri Rama Chandra Krithis[4]

6.1Sri Rama Chandra Vibhakti Krithis[11]

6.2Other Krithis on Sri Rama

6.3Anjaneya Krithis[13]

6.4Sri Venkateswara Krithis

6.5Sri Rangam Pancharatnam - Ranganatha Swami Krithis

6.6Narasimha Swami Krithis

6.7Sri Krishna Krithis[14]

7Sri Lakshmi Krithis[14]

8Saraswati Devi Krithis[14]

Shyama sastri

Every author claims that ShyAmA ShAstri composed “nine” songs called navaratnamALika on
Goddess mInAkSi of Madhurai,

He has 35 compositions on Goddess kAmAkSi

(16 explicitly on kA~nci kAmAkSi, 5 explicitly on Ta~njAvUr BA”ngAru kAmAkSi,

6 refer to kAmakOTi and do not use the phrase kA~nci, and

8 simply on kAmAkSi).

There are 5 songs on akhilANDEshvari,

3 on dharmasamvardhani, 2 on nIlAyatAkSi, and 8 on madhura mInAkSi,

Only two songs are on deity other than a Goddess.

One is on MuddukumAra of VaidIshvaran kOil, and the other, a varNam, is on KA~nci VaradarAja.

The remaining 7 songs are on DEvi in general (with no specific deity in mind). One of them is a
ma”ngaLm piece on DEvi.

Swathi thirunal

He composed a variety of compositions like Varna, Kriti, Jawali, Tillana, Bhajans in many languages
and North Indian musical forms like Dhrupad, Khyal etc. He was a great scholar and composed
musical operas like Kuchelopakhyana and Ajamilopakhyana.

His Navaratri Kriti, Navavidha Bhakti Kriti are well known

Post trinity

Veenakuppayyar

Sri venkateswara pancharatnamulu

Sri kalahastheeswara pancharatnamulu

Tiruvottiyur tyagayyar

Sri venugopala ashtottara shata sankeertana kritis

TNC Narayanacharyulu

Padmavathi raga nakshatramalika

Jathibheda saptathala sahita shata ragaratnamalika

Dr M B K

72 Raganga ravali

Dokka sreerama murthy

72 Melaraga keerthanalu