RULE id: mārga (148)
SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_II_p018, vol_II_p161, vol_I_p084, vol_I_p103)
SCOPE: core_concept family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE)
CONCEPT: mārga
STATUS: canonical

ASSERTIONS:
  - [relation] Mārga is contrasted with deśī as a different type of structure, where deśī begins with four svaras
    -- p.vol_II_p018 "The structure) beginning with the group of four svaras is deśī,33 not mārga."
  - [definition] Mārga literally means path and stands for the span of a tāla.
    -- p.vol_II_p161 "Mārga literally means path; it stands for the span of a tāla."
  - [enumeration] The Nāṭyaśāstra describes three mārgas of each tāla: citra (shortest), vārtika (its double), and dakṣiṇa (again its double).
    -- p.vol_II_p161 "NŚ describes three mārgas of each tāla, citra being the shortest, vārtika or vṛtti being its double and dakṣiṇa again being its double."
  - [definition] Marga in the technical sense refers to the type of desi music which is structured and has provision for ālāpa melodic elaboration
    -- p.vol_I_p084 "Here the word marga is technical, it has been used for the type of desi music which is structured and which has provision or scope for ālāpa ( melodic elaborati"
  - [enumeration] Three mārgas are accepted in the ancient tāla-system representing three degrees of length of a given tāla-cycle
    -- p.vol_I_p103 "Three mārgas (lit. paths) are accepted in the ancient tāla-system which represent three 'degrees' of length of a given tāla-cycle, depending on the duration of "

CITED_RULES:
  - kalā  (enumeration)
  - nāṭyaśāstra  (enumeration)
  - citra  (enumeration)
  - dakṣiṇa  (enumeration)
  - desi  (definition)
  - desi  (relation)
  - svaras  (relation)
  - tāla  (definition)
  - tāla  (enumeration)
  - vārtika  (enumeration)
  - vṛtti  (enumeration)
  - ālāpa  (definition)

CONFIDENCE: canonical
PROTECT: true