RULE id: deśa-bhāṣā (943) SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_II_p079) SCOPE: technical_term family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE) CONCEPT: deśa-bhāṣā STATUS: empirical ASSERTIONS: - [definition] deśa-bhāṣā is a regional melodic variety -- p.vol_II_p079 "Gūrjarī is well- known as a deśa-bhāṣā (regional melodic variety)" CITED_RULES: - gūrjarī (definition) CONFIDENCE: empirical PROTECT: false