Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c5.30
Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c5.30
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According to the number of notes composing them rāgas are classified as *oḍava* (pentatonic) using five notes, *ṣāḍava* or *khāḍava* (hextatonic) using six notes, and *sampūraṇa* (heptatonic) using all the seven notes. With less than five notes, no rāga can be composed.²