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R_4p0_004
bindu = (a) alaṅkāra: sejour long sur svara, touche tāra-sa bref, retour bas; (b) technique main droite vīṇā damped; (c) Tantra: energie concentree manifestee comme anusvāra; ne de nāda
Body (pseudocode)
DEFINE bindu(seq, ctx):
IF ctx == 'melodic':
pattern = stay_long_on(svara_x) -> touch_briefly(upper_octave(x), kala=1) -> sudden_descent_to_low
example_prastara = 'sā sā sā' OR 'sā-sa-sā'
RETURN alaṅkāra('bindu')
IF ctx == 'vīṇā_technique':
RETURN right_hand_damped_tone(non_open_string)
IF ctx == 'tantra':
RETURN concentrated_energy_point(aural_form='anusvāra')
origin: nāda -> bindu
Inputs / output
→ alankara_or_concept
Evidence (7)
- « Where, having 'stayed' for a long time at one svara... having touched the octave... suddenly the 'low' (svara) is reached, that is bindu »
- « As - sā sa - sā. Thus is (ends) bindu »
- « sā sā sā, bindu »
- « नादादुत्पद्यते बिन्दुर्नादात् »
- « Bindu is also one of the techniques of the right hand on the viṇā... must signify a vocal technique for... damped tone »
- « In Tantra the concentrated form of energy is identified with bindu »
- « At the aural level bindu manifests as the anusvāra »
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