अनंत

Raag Ananta is a complete scale with all 7 notes in both ascent and descent raga in the Carnatic classical music tradition.. With its Sampurna-Sampurna jati structure, this raag creates a distinctive tonal landscape. The predominant rasa is Peace/Tranquility (शांत), making it suitable for compositions that evoke peaceful, meditative emotions. It is traditionally performed during evening hours, and its melodic contour offers rich possibilities for alapana, kalpanaswaram, and creative improvisation.

As part of the rich tapestry of Indian classical music, Raag Ananta represents the deep connection between melodic structure and emotional expression that defines the Carnatic tradition.

Ananta is a Carnatic janya rāga whose name means 'endless, eternal, infinite' (ananta = without end) — one of the most frequent epithets of Lord Vishnu (Anantashayana, who reclines on the infinite serpent Ananta-Shesha) and of Brahman as the infinite reality. The concept of ananta (infinity) is central to Vedantic thought and to Vaishnava theology. In Carnatic music, rāgas named after divine attributes of Vishnu flourished particularly during the Bhakti movement (8th–17th centuries), when the Alvars and later composers like Annamacharya and Purandaradasa created vast repertoires of Vaishnava devotional compositions. Ananta's parent melakarta and swaras are not confirmed in available published sources, making its precise musical character difficult to establish without access to specialist Carnatic treatises or practitioner lineage documentation.