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Jalap vs Alap - What's the difference?

jalap | alap |

As nouns the difference between jalap and alap

is that jalap is a cathartic drug consisting of the tuberous roots of ipomoea purga , a convolvulaceous plant found in mexico while alap is the opening, improvised section of a classical raga performance, before the formal recitation.

jalap

English

Noun

(-) (wikipedia jalap)
  • A cathartic drug consisting of the tuberous roots of Ipomoea purga , a convolvulaceous plant found in Mexico.

    • Derived terms

    * false jalap

    alap

    English

    (wikipedia alap)

    Alternative forms

    *alaap *alapa

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The opening, improvised section of a Classical raga performance, before the formal recitation.
  • *1997 , (Kiran Nagarkar), Cuckold , HarperCollins 2013, p. 176:
  • *:The alaap is the part of our classical music that I like best. It is an inward voyage, an odyssey into the unknown.
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