RULE id: madhyama (1433)
SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_II_p022, vol_II_p030, vol_II_p159)
SCOPE: svara_name family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE)
CONCEPT: madhyama
STATUS: canonical

RECORD:
  structural_role      = made of seven svaras            -- p.vol_II_p022

ASSERTIONS:
  - [structural] Madhyamā is always made of seven svaras with pañcama as amśa
    -- p.vol_II_p022 "It is always made of seven svaras; pañcama is amsa in it."
  - [attribution] The madhyama svara is the chief among all svaras and is indispensable
    -- p.vol_II_p030 "The svara madhyama is the chief among all the svaras and is indispensable both in the kalpa (practice and precept) of gāndharva and also in sāmans."
  - [relation] madhyama is strictly required and serves as a link between gandharva and sāman, being the tonic in sāman
    -- p.vol_II_p159 "The strict prohibition of the omission of madhyama seems to be based on the fact that this svara is the link between gandharva and sāman, it being the tonic in "

CITED_RULES:
  - kalpa  (attribution)
  - aṁśa  (structural)
  - gandharva  (attribution)
  - gandharva  (relation)
  - pañcama  (structural)
  - svaras  (attribution)
  - svaras  (relation)
  - svaras  (structural)
  - sāman  (relation)

CONFIDENCE: canonical
PROTECT: true