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Swaras: -4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10+

Sapta: Audav | Shadav | Sampurna

Poorvang: SRGM | SRG | SRM | SGM

Uttarang: PDNS | PDS | PNS | DNS

Varjit: Re | Ga | Ma | Pa | Dha | Ni

Double: rR | gG | mM | dD | nN

Thaat: 10 | 32 | Enclosed | Inexact

Symmetries: Mirror | Rotation | Palindr.

Chal: All-shuddha | All-komal | Ma-tivra

Gaps: Anh. | Hem. | 3-rw | 4-rw | 5-rw


Aroha: Audav | Shadav | Sampurna

Avroh: Audav | Shadav | Sampurna

Jati: Equal | Balanced | Av.+1 | Av.+2

Samay: Morning | Aftern. | Eve. | Night

Murchana: Bhu. | Bih. | Bilaw. | Charu.

Raganga: Bhairav | Malhar | Kan. | Todi

Construction: Jod | Mishra | Oddball

Origin: Ancient | Carnatic | Modern

Dominance: Poorvang | Uttarang

Prevalence: Prachalit | Aprachalit | A-list

Quirks: Atritonal | Fragmented | Centred

| Maximal | Self-shadowing | Komal Pa


Swara: Re | Ga | Ma | Pa | Dha | Ni  r | R | g | G | m | M | P | d | D | n | N Varjit: Re | Ga | Ma | Pa | Dha | Ni  r | R | g | G | m | M | P | d | D | n | N • Only: r | R | g | G | m | M | P | d | D | n | N  Imp.: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5+ • S | r | R | g | G | M | P | d | D | n | NDet.: 0 | 1 | 2 | 3+ • S | r | R | g | G | M | d | D | n | N • Mir.: S-M | Sr-MP | r-P | rR-Pd | R-d | Rg-dD | g-D | gG-Dn | G-n | Gm-nN | m-N | mM-NSRagmalas

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