RULE id: nigraha (555)
SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_I_p045, vol_I_p046)
SCOPE: technical_term family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE)
CONCEPT: nigraha
STATUS: empirical

ASSERTIONS:
  - [relation] Nigraha is one of two twofold methods for the performance of tanas, alongside pravesa
    -- p.vol_I_p045 "The performance of tana is twofold viz. with pravesa (lit. entering) and nigraha (lit. restraint)."
  - [definition] Nigraha is the omission or non-touching of the immediate svara
    -- p.vol_I_p046 "Nigraha is, on the other hand, the omission or 'non-touching' of the immediate svara."
  - [definition] Nigraha is non-touching
    -- p.vol_I_p046 "Pravesa is the similarity (rather identity) of sound; nigraha on the other hand, is 'non-touching'."

CITED_RULES:
  - pravesa  (definition)
  - pravesa  (relation)
  - svaras  (definition)
  - tāna  (relation)

CONFIDENCE: empirical
PROTECT: false