RULE id: vastu (175)
SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_II_p111, vol_II_p115, vol_II_p167)
SCOPE: technical_term family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE)
CONCEPT: vastu
STATUS: empirical

ASSERTIONS:
  - [structural] Vastu is the fourteenth prabandha
    -- p.vol_II_p111 "ततश्चतुर्दशो ज्ञेयो वस्त्वाख्यस्तु प्रबन्धकः"
  - [structural] Vastu is characterized by the presence of pāṭas and tennas with svara elaboration
    -- p.vol_II_p115 "Where there are pāṭas and tennas 16 and the rest is comprised of a stretching (elaboration) of svaras, that is vastu"
  - [relation] Vastu is used in both desī gītas and in drama
    -- p.vol_II_p115 "that is vastu<sup>17</sup> used in desī gītas as well as in drama."
  - [definition] Vastu is used in later texts as a generic name for composition, almost synonymous with prabandha, and also as a particular prabandha type
    -- p.vol_II_p167 "'Vastu' is used in later texts as a generic name for composition i.e. as almost a synonym for prabandha and also as a particular prabandha"

CITED_RULES:
  - prabandha  (definition)
  - prabandha  (structural)
  - pāṭas  (structural)
  - svaras  (structural)

CONFIDENCE: empirical
PROTECT: false