RULE id: mūrchanā (1)
SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_II_p033, vol_II_p034, vol_II_p035, vol_II_p036, vol_II_p039...)
SCOPE: technical_term family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE)
CONCEPT: mūrchanā
STATUS: empirical

ASSERTIONS:
  - [relation] In dhaivati, mūrchanā beginning with ṛṣabha obtains
    -- p.vol_II_p033 "The mūrchanā beginning with ṛṣabha obtains (in it)."
  - [definition] Murchana is a melodic type or modal framework associated with ragas
    -- p.vol_II_p034 "The mūrchanā beginning with gāndhāra obtains."
  - [structural] Mūrchanā beginning with gāndhāra obtains in one jāti
    -- p.vol_II_p035 "गान्धार[ादि]मूर्छना"
  - [structural] For Gāndhārī, the mūrchanā begins with dhaivata
    -- p.vol_II_p036 "मूर्छना धैवतादिः ।"
  - [relation] The mūrchanā beginning with ṛṣabha is employed in raktagāndhārī
    -- p.vol_II_p039 "The mūrchanā beginning with ṛṣabha obtains."
  - [relation] A mūrchanā beginning with gāndhāra is prescribed for kaiśikī
    -- p.vol_II_p040 "The mūrchanā beginning with gāndhāra obtains."
  - [structural] The mūrchanā in Kārmāravi begins with ṣadja
    -- p.vol_II_p042 "The mūrchanā beginning with şadja obtains."
  - [structural] The mūrchanā beginning with madhyama obtains in śuddhaṣāḍava
    -- p.vol_II_p053 "The mūrchanā beginning with madhyama obtains here."
  - [structural] The mūrchanā beginning with ṣaḍja obtains in śuddhasādhrita rāga
    -- p.vol_II_p054 "षड्ज?ादिमूर्छना।"
  - [structural] The mūrchanā of śuddhakaiśika begins with sadja
    -- p.vol_II_p055 "षङ्ज?ादिमूर्छना"
  - [structural] For bhinna-ṣaḍja, the mūrchanā begins with dhaivata
    -- p.vol_II_p057 "धैवतादिमूर्छना"
  - [structural] In Bhinnakaisikamadhyama, mūrchanā begins with ṣaḍja
    -- p.vol_II_p058 "The mūrchanā beginning with ṣaḍja obtains."
  - [structural] The mūrchanā beginning with pañcama obtains in bhinnatāna
    -- p.vol_II_p060 "पञ्चमादिमूर्छना"
  - [structural] The mūrchanā of gaudakaiśika rāga begins with ṣaḍja
    -- p.vol_II_p062 "The mūrchanā beginning with ṣaḍja obtains."
  - [relation] Mūrchanā beginning with ṣaḍja is employed in takkarāga
    -- p.vol_II_p063 "the mūrchanā beginning with ṣaḍja obtains."
  - [structural] The mūrchanā of the first rāga begins with ṣaḍja
    -- p.vol_II_p066 "मूर्छना षड्ज?ादिः।"
  - [structural] The mūrchanā of Ţakkakaiśika begins with dhaivata
    -- p.vol_II_p066 "धैवतादिमूर्छना।"
  - [structural] narta-rāga has a mūrchanā beginning with pañcama
    -- p.vol_II_p068 "The mūrchanā beginning with pañcama obtains."
  - [structural] The mūrchanā beginning with ṛṣabha is obtained in pañcamaṣāḍava
    -- p.vol_II_p071 "ऋषभादिमूर्छना"
  - [attribution] The specification of mūrchanās in grāma-rāgas is known from statements of authorities
    -- p.vol_II_p072 "The specification of mūrchanās is known from the statements of authorities."
  - [definition] Mūrchanā should be specified by the wise after knowing the predominance of amsa in a jāti
    -- p.vol_II_p072 ""The mūrchanā should be specified by the wise after knowing the predominance of amsa in a jāti.""
  - [relation] Bhadrāvatī elā is characterized as brimming with mūrchanā sounds
    -- p.vol_II_p121 "मूर्छनाध्वनिसङ्कुला"
  - [relation] Intervallic formation is accomplished basically by mūrchanā, while jāti provides melodic form to intervallic formations
    -- p.vol_II_p159 "Intervallic formation is accomplished basically by mürchanā; jāti is formed by giving a melodic form to the intervallic formation provided by a mūrchanā."
  - [structural] The omission of svaras is operative in mūrchanās and extends to melodic extensions like jātis and rāgas
    -- p.vol_II_p163 "The omission of svaras is operative only in mūrchanās and not in grāma; this seems to be the import. It also seems to be intended that omission not only operate"
  - [structural] The mūrchanā of jāti is known from statements of authorities without a prescribed rule
    -- p.vol_II_p163 "No rule is prescribed for assigning a particular mūrchanā to a given jāti. Here it is said that the mūrchanā of jāti is known from the 'statements of authoritie"
  - [definition] Mūrchanā in this text denotes a vocal technique for sound-production, not the usual interval series
    -- p.vol_II_p168 "Mūrchanā is used in a different sense here and not in the usual sense of a series of intervals. It is the name of a technique of the right hand on the viņā with"
  - [relation] Mūrchanā is distinguished from tāna and is presented with a Mūrchanā-maṇḍala
    -- p.vol_I_p007 "The distinction between Mürchanā and tāna Mūrchanā-maṇḍala"
  - [definition] Mūrchanā is tuning, a process applied to viņās as part of establishing them.
    -- p.vol_I_p016 "mūrchanā29 (tuning), they (two viņās) should be established in şadjagrāma."
  - [relation] Mūrchanā is a principle that governs the placement or usage of notes in a melodic context.
    -- p.vol_I_p026 "यस्मिन् स्थाने मूर्छनावशात् मध्यमः प्रयुक्तः"
  - [relation] When madhyama is placed according to mūrchanā principle, sadja can replace it without destroying the jāti or rāga.
    -- p.vol_I_p026 "यस्मिन् स्थाने मूर्छनावशात् मध्यमः प्रयुक्तः तस्मिन् स्थाने क्रियमाणः षड्ज?ो ज?ातिरागहा न भवेत्"
  - [enumeration] Murchana is twofold: composed of seven svaras or twelve svaras
    -- p.vol_I_p036 "That murchanā again is twofold — one composed of seven svaras and the other of twelve svaras."
  - [definition] Murchana is a heptad of svaras functioning through ascent and descent in respective order
    -- p.vol_I_p036 "The heptad of svaras (that functions) through ascent and descent in respective order,22 should be known by the adept ones as being spoken of by the word mürchan"
  - [relation] Mūrchanās of ṣaḍja-grāma are created by omitting specific svaras
    -- p.vol_I_p039 "With (the omission of) șadja, rșabha, pañcama and nișāda the șādava (mūrchanās) of ṣaḍja-grāma (come into being)."
  - [relation] Murchana relates to tana, with the question of whether they differ in artha (content)
    -- p.vol_I_p042 "But what is the difference between murchana and tana? It is being answered - there is no difference between the artha (content) of murchana and tana"
  - [structural] Murchanas are indicated in the middle heptad of svaras for the sake of demonstrating mandra (low) and tara (high)
    -- p.vol_I_p046 "for the sake of the demonstration of mandra (low) and tara (high) the murchanas are indicated in (lit. with) the middle heptad."
  - [relation] Murchanas are indicated in the madhyama svara of the viņā on account of the indestructibility of the middle heptad
    -- p.vol_I_p046 "On account of the indestructibility of madhyama in nigraha 44 (acceptance in totality) or paryagraha 45 (non-acceptance in totality i.e. partial acceptance), th"
  - [relation] Recognition of the original murchana exists even when sadavita and auduvita processes are undertaken
    -- p.vol_I_p047 "The recognition of the (original) mūrchanā is certainly there."
  - [relation] Murchanas are useful in jatis and ragas
    -- p.vol_I_p047 "mūrchanās are useful in jātis and rāgas"
  - [structural] Murchana should be performed in the vocal range (kanthya svara)
    -- p.vol_I_p047 "कण्ठ्ये स्वरे मूर्छना कार्येति भावः।"
  - [structural] Murchanas are composed of seven svaras in a fourfold classification
    -- p.vol_I_p050 "चतुर्विधा मया प्रोक्ता मूर्छना सप्तस्वरात्मिका।"
  - [relation] Murchanas composed of twelve svaras should be observed during performance for obtaining three sthanas
    -- p.vol_I_p050 "द्वादशस्वरसम्पन्ना मूर्छना द्रष्टव्या प्रयोगकाले। तथा चाह कोहलः"
  - [relation] Murchanas are established for the sake of accomplishing jāti, rāga, and bhāṣā
    -- p.vol_I_p050 "ज?ातिरागभाषादिसिद्धये"
  - [structural] Seven-svara murchanas have been propounded by teachers but twelve-svara murchanas are used in practice
    -- p.vol_I_p050 "यद्यप्याचार्यै अप्तस्वरमूर्छना प्रतिपादिता, स्थानत्रितयप्राप्त्यर्थं द्वादशस्वरैरेव मूर्छना प्रयुक्ता।"
  - [definition] The etymology of mūrchanā relates to 'mukha' (mouth) and 'moha' (confusion/delusion)
    -- p.vol_I_p077 "C.r. in S R I Sudhā, p. 105 adds the following half-verse, paraphrasing the prose-portion regarding the etymology of mūrchanā - मूर्खनामब्दनिष्यतिर्मुखं मोहे सम"
  - [definition] Murchana means tuning; even if an untrained person strikes a murchita (tuned) vīṇā, the sound produced will be musical
    -- p.vol_I_p089 "even if an untrained person 'hits' a mūrchita (tuned) vīṇā, the sound produced will be musical (in tune)"
  - [structural] In murchanas of the six svaras (rsabha, gandhara, madhyama, pancama, dhaivata, nişāda), sadja becomes the second through seventh svara respectively
    -- p.vol_I_p096 "şadja becomes the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh svara in the murchanas of rsabha, gandhara, madhyama, pancama, dhaivata and nişāda respectivel"
  - [definition] Mūrchanā functions as a complete scale in ascending and descending that establishes the three sthanas (registers)
    -- p.vol_I_p099 "mūrchanā as a complete scale in ascending and descending establishes the three sthanas"

CITED_RULES:
  - bhinnakaisikamadhyama  (structural)
  - elā  (relation)
  - mūrchanā-maṇḍala  (relation)
  - artha  (relation)
  - auduvita  (relation)
  - aṁśa  (definition)
  - bhadrāvatī  (relation)
  - bhinna  (structural)
  - bhinnatāna  (structural)
  - bhāṣā  (relation)
  - dhaivata  (structural)
  - dhaivatī  (relation)
  - gaudakaiśika rāga  (structural)
  - grāma  (structural)
  - grāma-rāgas  (attribution)
  - gāndhāra  (relation)
  - gāndhāra  (structural)
  - gāndhārī  (structural)
  - jāti  (definition)
  - jāti  (relation)
  - jāti  (structural)
  - kaiśikī  (relation)
  - kanthya svara  (structural)
  - madhyama  (relation)
  - madhyama  (structural)
  - mandra  (structural)
  - mürchanā  (definition)
  - mürchanā  (relation)
  - narta-rāga  (structural)
  - nigraha  (relation)
  - paryagraha  (relation)
  - pañcama  (relation)
  - pañcama  (structural)
  - pañcamaṣāḍava  (structural)
  - raktagāndhārī  (relation)
  - rāga  (relation)
  - rāga  (structural)
  - sadja  (relation)
  - sadja  (structural)
  - sadjagrāma  (relation)
  - sthāna  (definition)
  - sthāna  (relation)
  - svaras  (definition)
  - svaras  (enumeration)
  - svaras  (relation)
  - svaras  (structural)
  - tāna  (relation)
  - tāna  (structural)
  - tāra  (structural)
  - viņā  (definition)
  - viņā  (relation)
  - śuddhakaiśika  (structural)
  - şadja  (structural)
  - şadjagrāma  (definition)
  - ţakkakaiśika  (structural)
  - șādava  (relation)
  - गान्धारस्य  (structural)
  - मूर्छना  (relation)
  - मूर्छना  (structural)
  - षड्ज  (relation)
  - षड्ज  (structural)
  - ṛṣabha  (relation)
  - ṛṣabha  (structural)
  - ṭakkarāga  (relation)

CONFIDENCE: empirical
PROTECT: false