Anandamrtakarshini (Amrtavarshini) : 'Oh Devi Amrteswari! I pray for rains (to relieve the misery of people in this drought-stricken area)'. Muthuswami Dikshitar's song brought in copious rains on his way to Ettayapuram.

Venerable Subbarama Dikshitar, in his Sangita Sampradaya Pradarsini deals in extenso with Sangita Lakshana Prachina Paddhati and recounts as many as twenty-four points to be avoided by vocalists. Try & identify the specific name given to each of these actions or mannerisms.

One who while singing appears like biting/clenching his teeth -
One who sings in a harsh, loud voice -
-One who salivates or sweats profusely -
One who sings with fear or timidity -
One who sings rapidly and with uncertainty or diffidence -
One who sings shaking his body -
One who sings with notes swerving from their sthanas or rattles -
One who sings out of tala -
One who sings in a tone resembling that of a camel -
One who sings shaking the cheeks like a goat (cheek shake) -
One who sings in a manner that the veins protrude out in the neck -
One who sings closing his eyes -
One who sings without relishing the taste and mood of the raga & tune. -
One who sings out of sruti and out of swarasthana-
One who sings altering and concealing the real voice -
One who sings without paying heed to the positions of the three octaves -
One who sings deviating from the respective swarasthanas -
One who sings making a medley of raga -
One who sings deviating from the gamaka sthanas -
One who sings with a nasal sound -
One who sings with the sound 'ooz' -
One who sings terribly gaping the mouth or screwing up his visage -
One who sings bulging the cheek like a gourd -
One who sings with a dry, rough and harsh voice like that of a crow -
One who sings with mannerisms such as awkward shakes of the hands and other limbs without musical expressions -