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R_346_desi_definition

definition · concept: desi · 4 attestation(s) · confidence 0.90

Deśī designates regional music (vs. mārga); broadly = spatial aspect of sound, restrictedly = music of named peoples (śabara, pulinda, etc.)

Body (pseudocode)

DEFINE desi = regional_music; CONTRAST mārga; SCOPE broad = spatial_aspect_of_dhvani, restricted = music_of_region

Inputs / output

→ music_category

Evidence (4)

p. vol_II_p018 · #184 « The structure beginning with the group of four svaras is deśī, not mārga. »
p. vol_II_p018 · #186 « śabara, pulinda, kāmboja, baṅga, kirāta, bāhlīka, āndhra, draviḍa, vana »
p. vol_I_p007 · #2054 « Section I: Deśī...The definition of desi and marga »
p. vol_I_p084 · #2907 « broad sense it stands for the spatial or regional aspect of manifest sound »

Other rules on this concept (1)

desi_definition_regional_ethnic definition Deśī is fundamentally regional in nature and may be tied to ethnic groups (with eight ethnic names c

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