RULE id: varṇa (157)
SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_II_p047, vol_II_p055, vol_II_p071, vol_I_p053, vol_I_p086)
SCOPE: core_concept family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE)
CONCEPT: varṇa
STATUS: canonical

RECORD:
  directional_motion   = आरोही वर्णः                     -- p.vol_II_p055

ASSERTIONS:
  - [relation] Varṇa (melodic movement) is a component through which rāga colours or delights the mind of the good
    -- p.vol_II_p047 "That which colours or delights the mind of the good through a specific svara (interval) and varṇa (melodic movement) or through a type of dhvani (sound) is know"
  - [structural] The varṇa of śuddhakaiśika is arohin (ascending)
    -- p.vol_II_p055 "आरोही वर्णः"
  - [structural] Ārohin is the varṇa in Revagupta
    -- p.vol_II_p071 "आरोही वर्णः"
  - [definition] Varṇas are the four constructors of melodic rendering in singing
    -- p.vol_I_p053 "These four varnas should be known as the constructors23 of melodic (NŚ XXIX, 19ab) rendering."
  - [structural] varnas are manifested by air moving through the navel, heart, throat, and cerebrum reaching the mouth cavity
    -- p.vol_I_p086 "4. The Air, moving in the kāraņa (cause) through lakşanā (seco- ndary or figurative use). navel. 4. The Battery of power impels the air stationed around the roo"

CITED_RULES:
  - karaņa  (structural)
  - dhvani  (relation)
  - lakşanā  (structural)
  - revagupta  (structural)
  - rāga  (relation)
  - svaras  (relation)
  - ārohin  (structural)
  - śuddhakaiśika  (structural)
  - वर्णा  (structural)

CONFIDENCE: canonical
PROTECT: true