Clasical music point of view..........
ragas are classified into 72 MELAKARTAH ragas...
ie its arohanam and avarohanam contains excat 7 notes .....without any repetition....
eg: sa re ga ma pa dha ni .....(in arohana) and in avarohana (sa ne dha pa ma ga re sa)
so like that..there are 72 ragas....which is called as the melakartha ragas.....
Each of these melakartha ragas itself has sub ragas...which is called as Jenya ragas......
so mainly 72 major ragas there....and other 3000 subragas in each of these melakertha raga.....
This is also called as fundamental ragas.Its also called Sampoorna raga because its arohana and avarohana contains exact 7 notes with out any repetition.
The 72 MELAKARTHA RAGAS are listed below..........
72 Melakartha Ragams
1 Kanakangi
2 Rathangi
3 Ganamurthi
4 Vanaspathi
5 Manavathi
6 Thanarupi
7 Senavathi
8 Hanumathodi
9 Dhenuka
10 Nadakapriya
11 Kokilapriya
12 Roopavathi
13 Gayakapriya
14 Mayamalavagowla
15 Chakaravakam
16 Suryakantham
17 Hadakambhari
18 Jankaradhwani
19 Nadabhiravi
20 Keravani
21 Kharaharapriya
22 Gowrimanohari
23 Varunapriya
24 Mararanjini
25 Mararangini
26 Charukeshi
27 Sarasangi
28 Harikambhoji
29 Shankarabharanam
30 Naganandhini
31 Yagapriya
32 Ragavardhini
33 Gangeyabhushani
34 Vagadhisvari
35 Shulini
36 Chalanatta
37 Salagam
38 jalarnavam
39 Jallavarali
40 Navanitham
41 Pavani
42 Ragupriya
43 Gavambodhi
44 Bhavapriya
45 Shubhapanthuvarali
46 Shadhividhamargini
47 Suvarnangi
48 Dhivyamani
49 Dhavalambari
50 Namanarayani
51 Kamavardhini
52 Ramapriya
53 Gamanashrama
54 Vishvambhari
55 Shyamalangi
56 Shanmukhapriya
57 Simhendra madhyamam
58 Hemavathi
59 Dharmavathi
60 Neethimathi
61 Kanthamani
62 Rishabhapriya
63 Lathangi
64 Vachaspathi
65 Mecha Kalyani
66 Chithrambari
67 Sucharithra
68 Jyothiswaroopini
69 Dhadhuvardhini
70 Nasika bhushani
71 Kosalam
72 Rasikapriya
