a main raaga, consisting of all seven notes in order in both the descending and ascending scales. There are 72 such raagas. To qualify as a mElakarta, a raaga must have all 7 swaras ascending and descending, they must be in the regular order, they must be of the same type (swarastaana) ascending and descending, they must be used only once up and only once down, and both ascending and descending scales must contain the high sa

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