RULE id: dvikala (108) SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_I_p064, vol_I_p069, vol_I_p102) SCOPE: technical_term family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE) CONCEPT: dvikala STATUS: empirical ASSERTIONS: - [structural] Udvāhita is characterized by dvikala (two-unit phrases) -- p.vol_I_p064 "Udvāhita is dvikala94 (with two-unit phrases)" - [structural] Udvāhita moves in two gapless svaras, each forming a phrase-unit -- p.vol_I_p064 "it moves (in) two gapless svaras (forming each phrase-unit)" - [structural] In vārtika mārga, the tāla is dvikala on account of the use of four-mātrā units -- p.vol_I_p069 "In the vārtika (mārga) the tāla is dvikala 13 itself, on account of the use of four-mātrā (units)." - [structural] Dvikala may relate to either dual composition of phrase-units with two svaras each, or to kalā duration of four mātrās -- p.vol_I_p102 "Dvikala here has parhaps to be understood as the dual composition of each phrase-unit i.e. there are two svaras in each phrase-unit. It could also be related to" CITED_RULES: - kalā (structural) - mārga (structural) - mātrās (structural) - svaras (structural) - tāla (structural) - udvāhita (structural) - vārtika (structural) - vārtika mārga (structural) CONFIDENCE: empirical PROTECT: false