A basis for the organisation and classification of ragas depending on the notes used
Thaat:
Asavari
Preferred time or season for playing
Time:
Midnight
The most prominent note of a raga
Vadi
/
The second most prominent note of a raga
Samvadi:
, 
Categorization based on number of notes used in aroh and avaroh
Jati:
Containing 5 notes
Audav
-
Containing 7 notes
Sampurna
Do not follow strict ascending or descending order of notes
Vakra
Alternative names:
Kausi Kanada, Kaushik Kanada
Emotions evoked by the raga
Mood:
Bhakti (Devotion), Gambhir (Serious), Karun (Sad, Compassionate), Shant (Serene, Peaceful)
As the name suggests, Kaushi Kanada is a variant of Kanada. This has , and as
A flat note
komal
 notes. In its commonly heard form, this raga combines Malkauns and Kanada by utilizing Malkauns in the
Ascending movement of notes
aroh
 and Kanada in the
Descending movement of notes
avaroh
. Malkauns gets expressed in the
Ascending movement of notes
arohi
 phrases and Kanada in the
Descending movement of notes
avarohi
 phrases. Some scholars opine that
Notes higher than M or P (depending on the point of view) of the middle octave
uttarang
 has Malkauns
Style of presenting based on another raga
ang
 and
Notes lower than M or P (depending on the point of view) of the middle octave
poorvang
 has Kanada
Style of presenting based on another raga
ang
. However, unlike Malkauns, which omits in
Ascending movement of notes
aroh
, Kaushi Kanada sometimes uses in aroh, in a weak form. There are other types such as the one with mixing of Malkauns and Nayaki Kanada. Yet another, albeit rarely heard, form employs the Bageshri
Style of presenting based on another raga
ang
.