Thaats
The 7 swaras in different combinations
give 10 thaats (groups)
Bilawal Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni
Kalyan Sa Re Ga M’a Pa Dha Ni Re, Ga, Dha suddha
Khamaj Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni
Bhairav Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni
Poorvi Sa Re Ga M’a Pa Dha Ni Re. Dha komal
Marwa Sa Re Ga M’a Pa Dha Ni
Kafi Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni
Asawari Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni Ga / Ni komal
Todi Sa Re Ga M’a Pa Dha Ni
Bhairavi Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni
Raga
Thaats give birth to all the ragas. The
combinations of swaras for a raga must be
aesthetically appealing. They must be
artistically pleasing and entertaining.
Aroha & Avaroha are must in a raga. They
must have minimum of five swaras. Two
variations of same swaras are not allowed
consecutively in a raga. The raga will have
Vadi (King), Samvadi (Queen /Minister) ,
Anuvadi ( Praja / subjects) & Vivadi
(Enemy) swaras. Some ragas will have
Vakra swaras. The raga will have a Pakad,
which is the smallest combination of
swaras depicting the raga.
In a raga the aaroha or avaroha taking all
seven swaras is known as sampoorna;
the aaroha or avaroha taking only six
swaras is known as shadav;
the aaroha or avaroha taking only five
swaras is known as auduv.
Thus we have nine combinations of ragas
& a total of possible 484 ragas in one
thaat ie. a total of 4,840 ragas in ten
thaats as given below.
Samporna-Sampoorna 1
Sampoorna-Shadav 6
Sampoorna-Auduv 15
Shadav-Sampoorna 6
Shadav-Shadav 36
Shadav-Auduv. 90
Auduv-Sampoorna 15
Auduv-Shadav 90
Auduv-Auduv . 225
Total ragas in one thaat : 484 Hence total
ragas possible in ten thaats are 4,840
However all these possible ragas are not
aesthetically appealing. Hence at a given
period of time only about 350-400 ragas
are in circulation and of these may be
only about 100-150 are popular. With
time some ragas go to the back-benches
and some emerge to the front. You will
now appreciate that it is futile to claim
that somebody invented a new rags; at
the most you may say that somebody re-
invented the raga or somebody brought a
raga from back-benches to the front row!
The 7 swaras in different combinations
give 10 thaats (groups)
Bilawal Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni
Kalyan Sa Re Ga M’a Pa Dha Ni Re, Ga, Dha suddha
Khamaj Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni
Bhairav Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni
Poorvi Sa Re Ga M’a Pa Dha Ni Re. Dha komal
Marwa Sa Re Ga M’a Pa Dha Ni
Kafi Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni
Asawari Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni Ga / Ni komal
Todi Sa Re Ga M’a Pa Dha Ni
Bhairavi Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni
Raga
Thaats give birth to all the ragas. The
combinations of swaras for a raga must be
aesthetically appealing. They must be
artistically pleasing and entertaining.
Aroha & Avaroha are must in a raga. They
must have minimum of five swaras. Two
variations of same swaras are not allowed
consecutively in a raga. The raga will have
Vadi (King), Samvadi (Queen /Minister) ,
Anuvadi ( Praja / subjects) & Vivadi
(Enemy) swaras. Some ragas will have
Vakra swaras. The raga will have a Pakad,
which is the smallest combination of
swaras depicting the raga.
In a raga the aaroha or avaroha taking all
seven swaras is known as sampoorna;
the aaroha or avaroha taking only six
swaras is known as shadav;
the aaroha or avaroha taking only five
swaras is known as auduv.
Thus we have nine combinations of ragas
& a total of possible 484 ragas in one
thaat ie. a total of 4,840 ragas in ten
thaats as given below.
Samporna-Sampoorna 1
Sampoorna-Shadav 6
Sampoorna-Auduv 15
Shadav-Sampoorna 6
Shadav-Shadav 36
Shadav-Auduv. 90
Auduv-Sampoorna 15
Auduv-Shadav 90
Auduv-Auduv . 225
Total ragas in one thaat : 484 Hence total
ragas possible in ten thaats are 4,840
However all these possible ragas are not
aesthetically appealing. Hence at a given
period of time only about 350-400 ragas
are in circulation and of these may be
only about 100-150 are popular. With
time some ragas go to the back-benches
and some emerge to the front. You will
now appreciate that it is futile to claim
that somebody invented a new rags; at
the most you may say that somebody re-
invented the raga or somebody brought a
raga from back-benches to the front row!
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