RULE id: ākāra (1693) SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_I_p024) SCOPE: technical_term family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE) CONCEPT: ākāra STATUS: traditional ASSERTIONS: - [relation] Vowels beginning with ākāra are considered true svaras, while śadja and the like exist for their pronunciation -- p.vol_I_p024 "only (vowels) beginning with ākāra are svaras. şadja and the like are there for the pronunciation of (vowels) beginning with ākāra" CITED_RULES: - svaras (relation) - şadja (relation) CONFIDENCE: traditional PROTECT: false