Janya

Janya ragas are classified into various types based on a variety of features.

[1][2] vrja a Since these terms are applicable both to the ascending and the descending scale, ragas can be classified as Audava-Sampurna – 5 notes in ārohaṇa and 7 in the avarohaṇa – Shadava-Sampurna – 6 notes in ārohaṇa and 7 in the avarohaṇa, as in Kambhoji raga and so forth.

[1][2] Examples of upanga ragas are Shuddha Saveri, Udayaravichandrika and Mohanakalyani.

[1][2] Examples of Bhashanga ragas are Kambhoji, Bhairavi, Bilahari, Saranga, Behag and Kāpi.

[2] Moreover, the highest note is not the shadjam (sa), at which the base sruthi (drone) of a performance is set.