[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935) › c5.30 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c5.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c5.30) 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 - [Previous: c5.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c5.29) - [Next: c5.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c5.31) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c5.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c5.30) · Pramāṇa