A basis for the organisation and classification of ragas depending on the notes used
Thaat:
Kafi
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 7 notes
Sampurna
-
Containing 7 notes
Sampurna
Do not follow strict ascending or descending order of notes
Vakra
Emotions evoked by the raga
Mood:
Bhakti (Devotion), Chanchal (Lively), Karun (Sad, Compassionate), Shringar (Romantic)
Shahana, also called Shahana Kanada, is a variant of Kanada. It uses all the notes of which and are
A flat note
komal
. It has a little curvy structure. The Kanada
Style of presenting based on another raga
ang
 is expressed by , phrases and
Oscillating note
andolit
 . Some scholars opine that this raga originated by the mixing of Adana, Darbari and Malhar while some others are of the view that it is a mixture of Adana, Bageshri and Malhar. This raga gets differentiated from similar raga Sugharai by
With focus on notes higher than M or P (depending on the point of view) of the middle octave
uttarang pradhan
 nature and more prominence of . , , , , are some of the important phrases.