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R_2230_three_margas_tala

enumeration · concept: mārga · 1 attestation(s) · confidence 0.95

Three mārgas in ancient tāla-system = three degrees of length of tāla-cycle

Body (pseudocode)

ENUMERATE margas = [degree_1, degree_2, degree_3]; |margas| == 3; cycle_length(marga) := f(kala_duration)

Inputs / output

`tala_cycle`	—
`kala: time_unit`	—

→ MargaList

Evidence (1)

p. vol_I_p103 · #3154 « Three mārgas (lit. paths) are accepted in the ancient tāla-system which represent three 'degrees' of length of a given tāla-cycle, depending on the duration of kalā or standard time-unit »

Other rules on this concept (2)

R_marga_def definition Mārga = 'path', the span of a tāla; NŚ enumerates three mārgas per tāla (citra, vārtika, dak
R_509_marga definition Marga (technical sense) = the type of deśī music which is structured and has provision for ālāpa (me

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