A basis for the organisation and classification of ragas depending on the notes used
Thaat:
Purvi
Preferred time or season for playing
Time:
Late night
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 6 notes
Shadav
-
Containing 7 notes
Sampurna
Do not follow strict ascending or descending order of notes
Vakra
Emotions evoked by the raga
Mood:
Chanchal (Lively), Karun (Sad, Compassionate)
Paraj is an
With focus on notes higher than M or P (depending on the point of view) of the middle octave
uttarang pradhan
 raga. It uses
A flat note
komal
 , and both forms of . Though all the notes are used in
Ascending movement of notes
aroh
 and
Descending movement of notes
avaroh
, is mostly omitted in middle octave. In higher octave, sometimes is used in aroh as .
A sharp note
Tivra
 is used in
Ascending movement of notes
aroh
 and
Descending movement of notes
avaroh
.
A natural note (corresponds to notes in Western major scale)
Shuddha
 is used in
Descending movement of notes
avaroh
 as . Some artists use in
Ascending movement of notes
aroh
 and
Descending movement of notes
avaroh
 while others use it only in the
Descending movement of notes
avaroh
. This raga is very close to Basant, but gets differentiated by its
Lively and playful
chanchal
 nature, the way of
A natural note (corresponds to notes in Western major scale)
shuddha
 use and increased prominence of and . Some scholars opine that Paraj has Kalingda in the
Notes lower than M or P (depending on the point of view) of the middle octave
poorvang
 and Basant in the
Notes higher than M or P (depending on the point of view) of the middle octave
uttarang
. It is considered as a paramelapraveshak raga,