Akshara
Akshara ( Devanagari अक्षर) is a term from the Sanskrit , which for the Indian scriptures typical "write syllables" with inherent vowel called.
Translated, akshara means both a general syllable and a-kshara , which means "without destruction". In Vedanta parlance , akshara means "that which is eternal"; it is the combination of Atman (self) and Paramatman (supreme / absolute self).
In South Indian music , akshara , also aksharakala , is the smallest temporal unit and a quarter of a matra ( beat ) within the rhythmic structure called tala .
Akshara also stands for a certain rare tala , which is one of the 108 raga tala malika listed by the composer Ramaswamy Dikshitar (1735-1817) .
Individual evidence
- ↑ P. Sambamurthy: A Dictionary of South Indian Music and Musicians. Vol. 1 (A – F), The Indian Music Publishing House, Madras 1952, 2nd edition 1984, p. 10