R G m P D N S'ඛමාජ් රාගය (=Mixolydian mode): S R G m P D n S'කාෆි රාගය (=Dorian mode): S R g m P D n S'ආශාවරී රාගය (=Aeolian mode): S R g m P d n S'භෛරවී රාගය (=Phrygian mode): S r g m P d n S'භෛරව රාගය: S r G m P d N S'යමන් රාගය (=Lydian mode): S R G M P D N S'මාර්වා රාගය: S r G M P D N S'පූර්වි රාගය: S r G M P d N S'තෝඩි රාගය: S r g M P d N S'One can arbitrarily designate any pitch as Sa (the tonic) and build the series from there. While all thāts contain seven notes, many ragas (of the audav and shadav type) contain fewer than seven and some use more. A raga need not use every swara in a given thāt; the assignment is made according to whatever notes the raga does contain (but see note 5). The relatively small number of thāts (compared to the 72 melakartas of South Indian music) reflects Bhatkhande's compromise between accuracy and efficiency: The degree of fit between a raga and its thāt is balanced with the desire to keep the number of basic thāts small.[3] Ambiguities in