Fill in the blanks: In Carnatic music, a laghu with five beats is known as jaati.

Question

Fill in the blanks:

In Carnatic music, a laghu with five beats is known as jaati.

1. A. Tishra
2. B. Chaturashra
3. C. Khanda (Correct answer)
4. D. Mishra

Correct Answer

Option C — Khanda

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is Khanda.

Key Points

• In the Carnatic tala system the jaati names fix the beat-count of a laghu: Tishra = 3, Chaturashra = 4, Khanda = 5, Mishra = 7, Sankirna = 9. A laghu of five beats is therefore Khanda jaati.
• Learn the 3-4-5-7-9 ladder as a set; the question simply asks which name maps to 5.