ඛමාජ්කාෆිආශාවරීභෛරවභීම්පලාශ්‍රීයමන්භෛරවීතෝඩිපූර්විමාර්වාභූපාලිvteCharacteristics[සංස්කරණය]ඛ්‍යාල් bases itself on a '[[piusha]]' of short songs (two to eight lines); a ඛ්‍යාප් song is called a bandish. Every singer generally renders the same bandish differently, with only the text and the raga remaining the same. ඛ්‍යාප් bandishes are typically composed in a variant of Urdu/Hindi, and sometimes in Persian, Marathi or Punjabi, and these compositions cover diverse topics, such as romantic or divine love, praise of kings or gods, the seasons, dawn and dusk, and the pranks of Krishna, and they can have symbolism and imagery [2]. The bandish is divided into two parts — the sthayi (or asthayi) and the antara. The sthayi often uses notes from the lower octave and the lower half of the middle octave, while the antara ascends to the tonic of the upper octave and beyond before descending and linking back to the sthayi [2]. The singer uses the composition as raw material for imp