Tisra Jati
तिस्र जातिSanskritSay it: tis · ra jaa · ti
- aa ee oo ē ō — long vowels: hold them twice as long
The three-count class — sets the laghu at 3 beats
RhythmBharatanatyamKuchipudiMohiniyattam
Meaning
Jati is the class that fixes how many beats a laghu holds; Tisra Jati gives it 3. Applied to the seven suladi talas it produces their three-count forms — for example Tisra Triputa, the seven-beat cycle often used for alarippu. The same five names are also used for the number of syllables in a beat (nadai) and in sollukattu phrases.
Also written: tisra, thisra, tishra, tisra jathi