Syama Sastri

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Carnatic composer classical composer human

Syama Sastri was a prominent 18th–19th century Carnatic composer, revered as one of the Trinity of Carnatic music alongside Tyagaraja and Muthuswami Dikshitar.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Syama Sastri canonical 7
Shyama Shastri 1
Śyāma Śāstri 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Carnatic composer ⓘ
classical composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
activeInCentury 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
contemporaneousWith Muthuswami Dikshitar ⓘ
Tyagaraja ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship India ⓘ
culturalContext Carnatic classical tradition ⓘ
ethnicity Brahmins ⓘ
surface form: Tamil Brahmin
fieldOfWork devotional music ⓘ
music composition ⓘ
genre Carnatic music ⓘ
hasHonor revered as a saint-composer in Carnatic music ⓘ
honorificStatus one of the Trinity of Carnatic music ⓘ
influenced Carnatic vocal tradition ⓘ
later Carnatic composers ⓘ
knownFor complex rhythmic patterns in compositions ⓘ
devotional compositions to Goddess Kamakshi ⓘ
legacy core repertoire in Carnatic concerts ⓘ
studied in Carnatic music curricula ⓘ
mainDeityAddressed Kamakshi ⓘ
mainTempleAssociated Kamakshi Amman Temple ⓘ
surface form: Kamakshi Amman Temple, Kanchipuram
memberOf Trinity of Carnatic music ⓘ
musicalFormUsed kriti ⓘ
swarajati ⓘ
name Syama Sastri self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Shyama Shastri

Syama Sastri self-link ⓘ
Syama Sastri self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Śyāma Śāstri
notableWork Kamakshi Navavarna kritis ⓘ
Swarajati “Kamakshi Anudinamu” ⓘ
Swarajati “Kamakshi Anudinamu” ⓘ
surface form: Swarajati “Kamakshi Padayugame”

Swarajati “Rave Himagiri Kumari” ⓘ
occupation composer ⓘ
musician ⓘ
partOf Carnatic music ⓘ
surface form: South Indian classical music tradition
primaryLanguageOfCompositions Sanskrit ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
Telugu ⓘ
regionOfActivity South India ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
styleCharacteristic elaborate tala (rhythmic) structures ⓘ
gamakas and ornamentation typical of Carnatic music ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tyagaraja → contemporaryWith → Syama Sastri ⓘ
Carnatic music → majorComposer → Syama Sastri ⓘ
Kakarla Tyagabrahmam → hasColleague → Syama Sastri ⓘ
Trinity of Carnatic music → hasMember → Syama Sastri ⓘ
Muthuswami Dikshitar → sharesGroupWith → Syama Sastri ⓘ
Syama Sastri → name → Syama Sastri self-link ⓘ
Syama Sastri → name → Syama Sastri self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shyama Shastri
Syama Sastri → name → Syama Sastri self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Śyāma Śāstri
Tiruvarur → isBirthplaceOf → Syama Sastri ⓘ