RULE id: balavan (1423) SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_II_p158) SCOPE: technical_term family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE) CONCEPT: balavan STATUS: traditional ASSERTIONS: - [structural] Balavan (strong svara) is contrasted with weak sparse svaras in describing sparseness and abundance -- p.vol_II_p158 "The weakness (abala) of a sparse svara and the abundance of the balavan(strong) svara" CITED_RULES: - svaras (structural) CONFIDENCE: traditional PROTECT: false