tāna-kriyā technical_term

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tanakriya_viprakarsha_mardava transformation · 1 att.
Tāna-kriyā applies viprakarṣa-mārdava (stretching and loosening of the string) on the viṇā.

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RULE id: tāna-kriyā (cluster 2066)
SCOPE: technical_term family
STATUS: traditional
CONFIDENCE: traditional
PROTECT: false

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--[relation]--> mārdava (1)--[relation]--> viprakarşa (1)

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p.vol_I_p088

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Tāna-kriyā is a process in which viprakarşa-mārdava (stretching and loosening of string) is applied

"Viprakarşa-mārdava Tāna-kriyā"

VIMARŚA 159 20-23. Utkarşa and apakarşa lit. mean heightening and lowering respectively. They are used singly and also in a pair in NS. Our text uses them in a pair in the present passage and also in Anu. 36 (while explaining grāma). Again in Anu. 8 (while explaining the process of sāraṇā) 'apakarṣa' and 'apakṛṣṭa' (adjective for Viņā ) is used. Mārdava and āyatatva are used in a pair in the present passage; but 'ayatatva' is replaced with 'viprakarşa' in Anu. 50 ( while explaining tāna-kriyā ) and mārdava is explained there as loosening ( of the string). Word Reference Context Apakṛṣṭa (Pañcama) NS XXVIII p. 20 Madhyamagrāma Utkarşa-apakarşa p. 20 Measure of śruti . Apakṛṣṭa (Vīṇā) p. 20 Sāraņā M Utkarşa ( of gandhara ) p. 26 Mūrchanā-grāma Mărdava (of dhaivata) p. 26 Utkṛṣṭa ( niṣāda ) p. 32 Svara-sādhāraņa (gāndhāra) p. 32 99 Mārdava-āyatatva p. 20 Measure of sruti × Ayatatva XXVIX p. 37 Sruti-jāti Mṛdutva p. 37 Viprakarşa-mārdava XXVIII p. 27 Tāna-kriyā Viprakarşa-pidana Abhi. Bhā. ( stretching of the on above string) Mārdava = śithilikarana (loosening of the string). It is an acoustic fact that stretching or tightening of the string results in higher pitch and loosening of the string results in the reverse viz. lower pitch. The words utkarşa and apakarşa stand for these two resultant changes in pitch respectively. 'Ayatatva' and 'mārdava' are basically concerned with the process of tightening and loosening of the string respectively. Both these pairs are closely related since they represent the effect and cause. Both the pairs are mentioned together in BrD and NS in the context of sāraņā (the process of verification of śruti). It is notable that although utkarşa and āyatatva and apakarşa and mārdava are pairs of mutually related terms, their order is reversed both in NŠ and BrD where mārdava-āyatatva is said to be an alternative of utkarşa-apakarşa; the proper order would have been apakarşa-utkarşa. Abhinavagupta commenting on this passage of NS explains the mutual relativity of the constituents of both the pairs. When there are two viņās, if one string on one viņā is tightened, this action has two effects viz. higher pitch on that viņā and relatively lower pitch on the corresponding string of the other viņā without any change of tension in that string. Hence ayatatva produces both utkarşa and apakarşa. Similarly, if one string is loosened on one viņā, this action has two