84000 Glossary of Terms

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ཡན་ལག་ལྔ་དང་ལྡན་པ། | Glossary of Terms

  • ཡན་ལག་ལྔ་དང་ལྡན་པ།

  • yan lag lnga dang ldan pa
  • pañcāṅgika
  • Term
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  • five tempos
  • ཡན་ལག་ལྔ་དང་ལྡན་པ།
  • yan lag lnga dang ldan pa
  • pañcāṅgika
Definition in this text:

The five tempos of classical music in southern India: chauka (one stroke per beat), vilamba (two strokes per beat), madhyama (four strokes per beat), dhuridha (eight strokes per beat), and adi dhuridha (sixteen strokes per beat).

1 Related glossary entries:

ཡན་ལག་ལྔ་པའི་སིལ་སྙན།

  • five classes of musical instruments
  • Five types of instruments