RULE id: prasannamadhya (112)
SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_II_p061, vol_II_p067, vol_II_p070, vol_I_p054, vol_I_p063...)
SCOPE: technical_term family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE)
CONCEPT: Prasannamadhya
STATUS: empirical

ASSERTIONS:
  - [relation] Prasannamadhya is an alaṅkāra (ornament/embellishment) associated with gaudapañcama
    -- p.vol_II_p061 "Prasannamadhya is the alaṅkāra."
  - [structural] Prasannamadhyama is the alaṅkāra of Mālavakaišika
    -- p.vol_II_p067 "अलङ्कारः प्रसन्नमध्यमः"
  - [structural] Prasannamadhya is the alaṅkāra of Gāndhārapañcama
    -- p.vol_II_p070 "प्रसन्नमध्यमोऽलङ्कारः"
  - [structural] prasannamadhya is characterized by low in the middle and high at beginning and end
    -- p.vol_I_p054 "Where there is 'low' in the middle and 'high' in the beginning and end, that is prasannamadhya."
  - [definition] Prasannamadhya is characterized by lowness in the middle register
    -- p.vol_I_p063 "Prasannamadhya is so-called or so-named because of there being 'low'-ness in the middle."
  - [structural] Prasannamadhyama is a prastara where reversed and ascending sequences are centered structurally
    -- p.vol_I_p066 "(4) sanidhapamagarisa 124 sarigamapadhanisa, prasannamadhyama"

CITED_RULES:
  - gaudapañcama  (relation)
  - alaṅkāra  (relation)
  - alaṅkāra  (structural)
  - gāndhārapañcama  (structural)
  - mālavakaišika  (structural)
  - prastāra  (structural)

CONFIDENCE: empirical
PROTECT: false