Yaman (also known as Kalyaan, Iman, Aiman, Eman, Kalyani in Carnatic classical music) is a heptatonic (sampurna) Indian classical raga of Kalyan Thaat.
The specific sequence of notes (pakad) that uniquely identifies raga Yaman is ni-Re-Ga-/Re-Ga/ni-Re-Sa/Pa-Ma-Ga-Re/ni-Re-Sa' (Ma is sharp, or teevra).
The tonal movements of the notes mostly reflect zigzag motion, skipping one or several notes and usually preferring a reverse order, such as: DNS' mDN GmD RGm N,GR or MDNS' GmDN RGmD N,RGm D,N,GR etc. Ideally, Yaman should not use a PR combination. Instead, it can use P~R, showing the 'colour' of m or G while gliding from P to R, as PR is one of the specific identification of raga Kalyaan.