RULE id: mārdava (128)
SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_I_p016, vol_I_p046, vol_I_p089)
SCOPE: technical_term family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE)
CONCEPT: mārdava
STATUS: empirical

ASSERTIONS:
  - [relation] Mārdava (softness) is a property used to differentiate pañcama and measure śruti.
    -- p.vol_I_p016 "through mārdava 22 (lit. softness) and āyatatva 23 (lit. the state of being stretched or extended) is the measure of śruti"
  - [definition] Mārdava means loosening or lowering of the higher svara
    -- p.vol_I_p046 "șadja which is higher than nișāda (is subjected to) mārdava or loosening"
  - [definition] Mārdava is assigned to a śruti when a svara is followed by a higher one, representing a quality of softness or lowering
    -- p.vol_I_p089 "mārdava operates in the opposite situation when a svara is followed by a higher one."

CITED_RULES:
  - pañcama  (relation)
  - svaras  (definition)
  - āyatatva  (relation)
  - śrutis  (definition)
  - śrutis  (relation)

CONFIDENCE: empirical
PROTECT: false