An avrohana, in the context of North Indian classical music, is the descending scale of notes in a raga. This encompasses not only which pitches are included in descending passages, but may also specify ornaments such as meend or gamak, convolutions in the scale (where it may not be simply one descending line), etc. Hindustani (हिन्‍दुस्‍थानी) classical music is an Indian classical music tradition originating in the North of the Indian subcontinent circa the 13th and 14th centuries CE. Developing a strong and diverse tradition over several centuries, it has contemporary... In Hindustani music meend refers to the bending or deflecting of pitches. ... In Hindustani music, gamak refers the variation of pitch of a note. ...