SHRUTI

                       SHRUTI

These word is derived from the root “SHRI”. Its mean to hear & its core meaning is any sound that can be distinctly heared by the ear Or it is the smallest interval of pitch that the human ear can detect. It has been used in several contexts throught the history of Indian music.

THERE ARE ENDLESS “SHRUTIS”. SINCE THE TIME OF BHARATA.

Indian monograph about shruti claims various opinions about the number (66,53) of shruti’s. In the recent times it seems that the number of shruti’s is broadly  agreed upon to be 22 

AND THEY ARE-

                                              

S.NO.	NAME
1)	Tivra
2)	Kumudni
3)	Karodha
4)	Alapini
5)	Manda
6)	Vajtrika
7)	Madanti
8)	Chadow­­ati
9)	Prasarini
10)	Rohini
11)	Preeti
12)	Dayawati
13)	Marchani
14)	Ugra
15)	Shobhini
16)	Rakta
17)	Sandepini
18)	Rodhri
19)	Ratika
20)	Ranjani
21)	Shiti
22)	Ramya

There is Naad uncountable but shruti is only 22.Maximum time in music shruti word is used not naad.