The seven notes of the scale (swaras), in Indian music are named shadja, rishabh, gandhar, madhyam, pancham, dhaivat and nishad, and are shortened to Sa, Ri (Carnatic) or Re (Hindustani), Ga, Ma, Pa, Dha, and Ni. Source: Wiki.
As can be seen, we get Ma and Pa in the Swara, which are short for Mother and Father! And fittingly, Mother comes before Father. Is this coincidence or ...?
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