Atlas

All rāgas, grouped by parent scale.

By parent scale

Each row is one parent scale, with the rāgas built on it in each tradition. Five of the best known are here; search finds the rest.

Thāṭ, melakarta, janya — what the words mean
Carnatic · parent melakarta 65Kalyāṇi
Hindustani · parent thāṭKalyāṇ
Carnatic · parent melakarta 29Śaṅkarābharaṇaṁ
Hindustani · parent thāṭBilāval
Carnatic · parent melakarta 28Harikāmbhōji
Hindustani · parent thāṭKhamāj
Carnatic · parent melakarta 22Kharaharapriya
Hindustani · parent thāṭKāfī
Carnatic · parent melakarta 20Naṭabhairavi
Hindustani · parent thāṭĀsāvarī

Showing 5 of 47 parent scales. Find any other rāga or melakarta by name, or a melakarta by number (“mela 15”).

Thāṭ and melakarta pairs

There are ten thāṭs, and each matches one of the 72 melakartas note for note. The other 62 melakartas have no thāṭ. Press play to hear a scale.

All 10 thāṭs
Note names
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Numbers mark the note’s position: R₁ lowest, R₂ higher · M₂ = prati madhyamam

Carnatic · Mela 65KalyāṇiHindustani · ThāṭKalyāṇ
SR₁R₂G₂G₃M₁M₂PD₁D₂N₂N₃
Kalyāṇi ↔ Yaman · compare →
Carnatic · Mela 29ŚaṅkarābharaṇaṁHindustani · ThāṭBilāval
SR₁R₂G₂G₃M₁M₂PD₁D₂N₂N₃
Śaṅkarābharaṇaṁ ↔ Hemant · compare →
Carnatic · Mela 28HarikāmbhōjiHindustani · ThāṭKhamāj
SR₁R₂G₂G₃M₁M₂PD₁D₂N₂N₃
Harikāmbhōji ↔ Bheem · compare →
Carnatic · Mela 22KharaharapriyaHindustani · ThāṭKāfī
SR₁R₂G₂G₃M₁M₂PD₁D₂N₂N₃
Kharaharapriya ↔ Kāfī · compare →
Carnatic · Mela 20NaṭabhairaviHindustani · ThāṭĀsāvarī
SR₁R₂G₂G₃M₁M₂PD₁D₂N₂N₃
Naṭabhairavi ↔ Āsāvarī · compare →
Carnatic · Mela 8TōḍiHindustani · ThāṭBhairavī
SR₁R₂G₂G₃M₁M₂PD₁D₂N₂N₃
Tōḍi ↔ Bhairavī · compare →
Carnatic · Mela 15MāyāmāḷavagauḷaHindustani · ThāṭBhairav
SR₁R₂G₂G₃M₁M₂PD₁D₂N₂N₃
Māyāmāḷavagauḷa ↔ Bhairav · compare →
Carnatic · Mela 45ŚubhapantuvarāḷiHindustani · ThāṭTōḍī
SR₁R₂G₂G₃M₁M₂PD₁D₂N₂N₃
Śubhapantuvarāḷi ↔ Toḍī · compare →
Carnatic · Mela 51PantuvarāḷiHindustani · ThāṭPūrvī
SR₁R₂G₂G₃M₁M₂PD₁D₂N₂N₃
Pantuvarāḷi ↔ Pūriyā Dhanāśrī · compare →
Carnatic · Mela 53GamanaśramaHindustani · ThāṭMārvā
SR₁R₂G₂G₃M₁M₂PD₁D₂N₂N₃
Gamanaśrama ↔ Puriya Kalyan · compare →
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The 72 melakartas

Carnatic janya rāgas

Hindustani rāgas