Definitions for "Vakra"
Keywords:  crooked, zig, zag, raga, ascending
Zigzag, indirect, or crooked
Irregular increase or decrease in pitch of the scale of the Raga
a raaga in which the order of one or more of the 7 swaras is out of place (not in regular ascending or descending order by its frequency). The swara that is out of place is called a vakra swara. For example, in SGRGMPDPS, ga and da are vakra
Keywords:  indra, twelve, mountains, fear, sea
One of the twelve mountains which entered into the sea due to fear of Indra