RULE id: paribhāṣā (540) SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_I_p025, vol_I_p094) SCOPE: technical_term family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE) CONCEPT: paribhāṣā STATUS: empirical ASSERTIONS: - [definition] Names of svaras function as paribhāṣā, a list of abbreviations or signs used by ācāryas -- p.vol_I_p025 "this is said to be only a sign 24 (by convention), that is to say, (the names of svaras) are the paribhāṣā 25 (list of abbreviations or signs) used by ācāryas (" - [definition] Paribhāṣā stands for abbreviations or signs used in a discipline -- p.vol_I_p094 "paribhāṣā is the adjective of those sūtras (rules) that teach the proper interpretation or application of other rules or resolve the apparent contradictions amo" CITED_RULES: - svaras (definition) CONFIDENCE: empirical PROTECT: false