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Previous: Introduction to TaaLa
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First we list the 16 angas (sOdashangams) and then follows the table of the 35 taalas. Please see the previous page or the glossary for a description of the terms and system of taalas.
| anga name | symbol | aksharakaalas | movement |
| anudrutam | U | 1 | beat with palm |
| drutam | 0 | 2 | beat with palm + turn (wave) |
| druta viramam |
U 0 |
3 (1 + 2) | anudrutam + drutam |
| laghu | |(#) | 4 (or 3,5,7,9) | beat + finger counts |
| laghu viramam |
U | |
5 (1+4) | anudrutam + laghu |
| laghu drutam | 0| | 6 (4+2) | laghu + drutam |
| laghudruta viramam |
U 0| |
7 (1+2+4) | anudrutam + drutam + laghu |
| guru | 8 | 8 | wave to left and right or circle with thumb-up |
| guru viramam |
U 8 |
8 (1+8) | anudrutam + guru |
| guru drutam | 08 | 10 (8+2) | guru + drutam |
| gurudruta viramam |
U 08 |
11 (1+2+8) | anudrutam + drutam + guru |
| plutam | |8 | 12 (8+4) | beat + wave to sides |
| pluta viramam |
U |8 |
13 (1+12) | anudrutam + plutam |
| pluta drutam | 0|8 | 14 (12+2) | plutam + drutam |
| pluta druta viramam |
U 0|8 |
15 (1+2+12) | anudrutam + drutam + plutam |
| kaakapaadam | + | 16 | beat plus wave up and to sides |
| taala group | jaati | angas | aksharakaalas |
| 1. dhruva | tisra | |(3) 0 |(3) |(3) | 11 |
| 2. | catushra | |(4) 0 |(4) |(4) | 14 |
| 3. | khaNDa | |(5) 0 |(5) |(5) | 17 |
| 4. | mishra | |(7) 0 |(7) |(7) | 23 |
| 5. | sankeerna | |(9) 0 |(9) |(9) | 29 |
| 6. matya | tisra | |(3) 0 |(3) | 8 |
| 7. | catushra | |(4) 0 |(4) | 10 |
| 8. | khaNDa | |(5) 0 |(5) | 12 |
| 9. | mishra | |(7) 0 |(7) | 16 |
| 10. | sankeerna | |(9) 0 |(9) | 20 |
| 11. roopaka | tishra | 0 |(3) | 5 |
| 12. | catushra | 0 |(4) | 6 |
| 13. | khaNDa | 0 |(5) | 7 |
| 14. | mishra | 0 |(7) | 9 |
| 15. | sankeerna | 0 |(9) | 11 |
| 16. jhampa | tishra | |(3) U 0 | 6 |
| 17. | catushra | |(4) U 0 | 7 |
| 18. | khaNDa | |(5) U 0 | 8 |
| 19. | mishra | |(7) U 0 | 10 |
| 20. | sankeerna | |(9) U 0 | 12 |
| 21. tripuTa | tishra | |(3) 0 0 | 7 |
| 22. | catushra (aadi) | |(4) 0 0 | 8 |
| 23. | khaNDa | |(5) 0 0 | 9 |
| 24. | mishra | |(7) 0 0 | 11 |
| 25. | sankeerna | |(9) 0 0 | 13 |
| 26. aTa | tishra | |(3) |(3) 0 0 | 10 |
| 27. | catushra | |(4) |(4) 0 0 | 12 |
| 28. | khaNDa | |(5) |(5) 0 0 | 14 |
| 29. | mishra | |(7) |(7) 0 0 | 18 |
| 30. | sankeerna | |(9) |(9) 0 0 | 22 |
| 31. Eka | tishra | |(3) | 3 |
| 32. | catushra | |(4) | 4 |
| 33. | khaNDa | |(5) | 5 |
| 34. | mishra | |(7) | 7 |
| 35. | sankeerna | |(9) | 9 |
These are the major taaLas (suladisapta taaLas). Incorporating the other angas (guru, plutam, kaakapaadam) brings us up to 108 taaLas, and even more if one includes the caapu taaLas and other variations.
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