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raga

melodic mode in Indian music
Intangible music_genre Q216926
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raga

Summary

raga is a music genre[1]. raga ranks in the top 9% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,608 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • raga's instance of is recorded as music genre[3].
  • raga's instance of is recorded as modal system[4].
  • raga is a type of mode[5].
  • raga is a type of Indian classical music[6].
  • raga's Commons category is recorded as Raga[7].
  • raga's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ragas[8].
  • raga's facet of is recorded as Indian classical music[9].
  • raga's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • raga's main Wikidata property is recorded as P8536[11].
  • raga's different from is recorded as ragtime[12].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include music genre[3] and modal system[4]. Recorded subclass of include mode[5] and Indian classical music[6].

Why It Matters

raga ranks in the top 9% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,608 views/month).[2] raga has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] raga is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → music genre, modal system
    Facet of → Indian classical music
    Main wikidata property → P8536
    Different from → ragtime
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 30038, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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