RULE id: alpatva (311) SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_II_p019) SCOPE: technical_term family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE) CONCEPT: alpatva STATUS: empirical ASSERTIONS: - [definition] Alpatva (sparseness) arises from sparse usage of svaras -- p.vol_II_p019 "स्वराणामल्पशः प्रयोगादल्पत्वम्" - [enumeration] Alpatva is twofold: one operating in samnyāsa and another through antaramārga -- p.vol_II_p019 "तथाल्पत्वं बहुत्वं च द्विविधं भवेत् , संन्यासादिगतं तथान्तरमार्गेणेति" CITED_RULES: - antaramārga (enumeration) - samnyāsa (enumeration) - svaras (definition) CONFIDENCE: empirical PROTECT: false