vadin_definition_speaker

definition · concept: vādin · 3 attestation(s) · confidence 0.95

Vādin is so called because of vadana (here = exposition of rāga, not literal speaking), like the master in a hierarchy; serves as fundamental tone/tonic that initiates musical discourse.

Body (pseudocode)

vadin(S) := principal_svara(S); role := tonic_and_initiator; etymology := vadana(exposition_of_raga)

Inputs / output

svara —

→ definition

Evidence (3)

p. vol_I_p025 · #2258 « Vādin 26 is so because of vadana 27 (speaking), like the master. »
p. vol_I_p025 · #2262 « Vadana is here intended to mean the exposition of raga »
p. vol_I_p094 · #3036 « the vādin svara, playing the role of fundamental tone or tonic »

Other rules on this concept (2)

vadin_assignment_per_raga assignment Each rāga has an assigned vādin; e.g. madhyama is the vādin of śuddhaṣāḍava (with ṣaḍja as samvādin)
vadin_svaras_seven enumeration Vādin svaras are seven: sa, ri, ga, ma, pa, dha, ni; classification is tenfold like aṁśa.

vadin_definition_speaker

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