RULE id: aiśvarya (527) SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_I_p087) SCOPE: technical_term family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE) CONCEPT: aiśvarya STATUS: empirical ASSERTIONS: - [definition] Aiśvarya means supremacy, power, sway, and sovereignty; in music context refers to the power of śrutis dominating as cognizable points on a continuum -- p.vol_I_p087 "Aiśvarya lit. means supremacy, power, sway, sovereignty etc. The power or supremacy of śrutis could be that in Indian music the 'tones' are not used as notes on" CITED_RULES: - śrutis (definition) CONFIDENCE: empirical PROTECT: false