RULE id: tādātmya (287)
SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_I_p018, vol_I_p019)
SCOPE: technical_term family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE)
CONCEPT: tādātmya
STATUS: empirical

ASSERTIONS:
  - [definition] Identification theory posits that svara and śruti are identical, just as species and individuals are identical
    -- p.vol_I_p018 "There is identification between svara and śruti i.e. both are identical just like jāti (species) and vyakti (individual or particular)"
  - [relation] The identification of svara and śruti is justified by the absence of differentia between them as perceived by the ear
    -- p.vol_I_p018 "because there is no differentia (viśeșa) between the two that are (equally) perceptible by the ear."
  - [relation] Tādātmya (identification) between śruti and svara cannot be established on account of the distinction between aśraya (substratum) and āśrayin (that which is seated)
    -- p.vol_I_p019 "And also on account of the distinction of aśraya (seat or substratum, here śruti) and āśrayin (that which is seated, here svara) the identification (of the two)"
  - [enumeration] Tādātmya is part of a series of alternative explanations (vikalpana) presented by the author for understanding svara-śruti relationship
    -- p.vol_I_p019 "thus the alternatives (42) starting with tādātmya have been spoken of by me."

CITED_RULES:
  - jāti  (definition)
  - svaras  (definition)
  - svaras  (relation)
  - viśeșa  (relation)
  - vyakti  (definition)
  - śrutis  (definition)
  - śrutis  (relation)

CONFIDENCE: empirical
PROTECT: false