Sankeerna Jati
सङ्कीर्ण जातिSanskritSay it: saṅ · keer · ṇa jaa · ti
- ṇ — n with the tongue tip curled back
- aa ee oo ē ō — long vowels: hold them twice as long
The nine-count class — sets the laghu at 9 beats
RhythmBharatanatyamKuchipudiMohiniyattam
Meaning
Jati is the class that fixes how many beats a laghu holds; Sankeerna Jati gives it 9. Applied to the seven suladi talas it produces their nine-count forms — for example Sankeerna Eka. The same five names are also used for the number of syllables in a beat (nadai) and in sollukattu phrases.
Also written: sankeerna, sankirna, sankeerna jathi