○viśeṣa m. difference or variety of sound

• pl. the varieties of sound (these the Sāṃkhya arranges accord. to the accents, udātta, an-udātta, svarita, and the notes of the gamut, ṣaḍ-ja, ṛṣabha, gāndhāra, madhyama, pañcama, daivata, niṣāda &c., qq. vv.) MW.