RULE id: tenakas (447)
SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_II_p117, vol_II_p129, vol_II_p167)
SCOPE: technical_term family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE)
CONCEPT: tenakas
STATUS: empirical

ASSERTIONS:
  - [relation] Tenakas are elements used in the composition of vicitra
    -- p.vol_II_p117 "That which is variegated with many regional languages, pāṭas, birudas, tenakas, svaras and tālas is called vicitra."
  - [relation] Tenakas are compositional elements combined with pāṭas and svaras in varņasvara
    -- p.vol_II_p129 "is again combined with tenakas, is combined with svaras, padas, pāṭas and tenakas"
  - [definition] Tenaka or tenna refers to syllables like 'tenna' or 'tena' used in prabandhas, with modern equivalents in tānam and ālāpa of Karnatic and dhrupad music
    -- p.vol_II_p167 "Tenaka or tenna is the name for syllables like 'tenna' or 'tena' used in prabandhas. Today the tānam of Karnatic music uses similar syllables and so does the āl"

CITED_RULES:
  - birudas  (relation)
  - pada  (relation)
  - prabandha  (definition)
  - pāṭas  (relation)
  - svaras  (relation)
  - tena  (definition)
  - varņasvara  (relation)
  - vicitra  (relation)
  - ālāpa  (definition)

CONFIDENCE: empirical
PROTECT: false