RULE id: avarohin (159)
SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_II_p053, vol_I_p052)
SCOPE: technical_term family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE)
CONCEPT: avarohin
STATUS: empirical

ASSERTIONS:
  - [structural] The avarohin (descending) varņa prevails in śuddhaṣāḍava
    -- p.vol_II_p053 "The avarohin (descending) varņa, prevails."
  - [definition] Avarohin varṇa occurs where svaras descend in one order alone, either with gapless svaras or with gaps.
    -- p.vol_I_p052 "Where the svaras descend in one order alone, that is called avarohin with (120) 'equal' (gapless) svaras (or) with gaps."
  - [structural] Avarohin varṇa is formed through mutual gapless descent or with a gap of one or two svaras.
    -- p.vol_I_p052 "thus is avarohin varņa on account of 'mutual' (gapless) descent or with a gap of one or two svaras."

CITED_RULES:
  - varņa  (structural)
  - svaras  (definition)
  - svaras  (structural)
  - varṇa  (definition)
  - varṇa  (structural)

CONFIDENCE: empirical
PROTECT: false