RULE id: vivartatva (1651) SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_I_p018) SCOPE: technical_term family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE) CONCEPT: vivartatva STATUS: empirical ASSERTIONS: - [definition] Reflection theory states that svara manifests or appears as reflected in śrutis, analogous to how a face is reflected in a mirror -- p.vol_I_p018 "Just as the face of men is reflected in the mirror, similarly, svara manifests or (appears as reflected in the śrutis themselves." CITED_RULES: - svaras (definition) - śrutis (definition) CONFIDENCE: empirical PROTECT: false