Fifteen matras in 4+4+3+4 — claps on 1, 5, and 12, wave on 9. Two square fours open the cycle, then the clipped three-beat vibhag breaks step before the final four restores it — a hitch built into the frame. The theka runs bright Naka Taka figures into open closes ("Dha Dhina Naka Taka...").
The name suggests the elephant's gait (gaja); the cycle appears in pakhawaj-side and display repertoire. Its lesson is asymmetry management: the player who merely counts fifteen stumbles at the three; the player who feels 4+4+3+4 rides it.