RULE id: svalakşana (1656)
SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_I_p018, vol_I_p091)
SCOPE: technical_term family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE)
CONCEPT: svalakşana
STATUS: empirical

ASSERTIONS:
  - [definition] Svalakşana refers to the distinctive feature or characteristic property of a thing
    -- p.vol_I_p018 "the distinction of things having svalakşana (distinctive feature) is siddha (evident or proved) like other things"
  - [relation] Things possessing distinctive features have evident and proved distinctions, unlike impossible entities
    -- p.vol_I_p018 "In general, the distinction of things having svalakşana (distinctive feature) is siddha (evident or proved) like other things (that have their own distinction)."
  - [definition] Svalakṣaṇa (visista dharma) is the specific quality or differentia of a thing, understood at two levels: individual nature (vyakti) and common generic nature (jāti)
    -- p.vol_I_p091 "The visista dharma (specific quality or nature) i.e. the differentia of a thing is svalakṣaṇa. This is understood at two levels, one is the specific nature of a"

CITED_RULES:
  - dharma  (definition)
  - jāti  (definition)
  - vyakti  (definition)

CONFIDENCE: empirical
PROTECT: false