Pallavi

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Part of Classical Indian Music, non Bollywood. pallavi the thematic line of the song. It is usually one cycle long and repeated twice or thrice in order to give the percussion player the idea of the chosen taalam.

The word pallavi is consisting of a wide range of items that are considered as a single item- 'pa' is derived from padam which means word or phrase,'la' from layam which means poetry(rhythm)and 'vi' from vinyasam which means imagination.

"pallavi" means new leaves.

"pallavi" is the life for a song. An Indian female name.


pallavi means tender flowers