RULE id: sama (187)
SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_I_p054, vol_I_p063, vol_I_p066)
SCOPE: technical_term family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE)
CONCEPT: sama
STATUS: traditional

ASSERTIONS:
  - [definition] sama is the pronunciation of seven svaras with similar sound in three registers
    -- p.vol_I_p054 "The pronunciation (sounding) of the seven svaras with a similar sound in the three registers is sama."
  - [relation] sama arises from pronunciation of pairs of samvādin (consonant) svaras
    -- p.vol_I_p054 "sama (comes into being) on account of the pronunciation of pairs of samvādin (consonant) svaras."
  - [definition] Sama is known as such on account of the equality of all svaras and remains on a single svara
    -- p.vol_I_p063 "Sama should be known (as such) on account of the equality of all (svaras) and it also stays or stops on one svara alone."
  - [structural] Sama designates a prastara with all seven notes presented in uniform manner
    -- p.vol_I_p066 "(5) sā rī gā mā pā dhā nī sā,125 sama"

CITED_RULES:
  - prastāra  (structural)
  - samvādin  (relation)
  - svaras  (definition)
  - svaras  (relation)

CONFIDENCE: traditional
PROTECT: false