RULE id: gamaka (176)
SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_II_p051, vol_II_p093, vol_II_p116, vol_II_p122, vol_II_p161)
SCOPE: alankara family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE)
CONCEPT: gamaka
STATUS: canonical

ASSERTIONS:
  - [relation] Gamakas are delightful to the ear and used in vibhāṣā gīti
    -- p.vol_II_p051 "Vibhāṣā gīti should be composed with gamakas that are attractive, numerous, brilliant, shaken, pertaining to the chest region, even, high and very high, smooth,"
  - [structural] gamakas are melodic ornaments that are characteristically employed in certain vibhāṣā types
    -- p.vol_II_p093 "and is made of sweet svaras alongwith gamakas"
  - [relation] Gamaka appears at the beginning of śukacańcu compositions, in association with rāga
    -- p.vol_II_p116 "In the beginning there is rāga with gamaka, that which is endowed with tāla"
  - [structural] gamaka should be made sthita (slow) according to elā prescription
    -- p.vol_II_p122 "the gamaka should be made sthita53 (slow?); this is the prescription in respect of elās."
  - [definition] Gamaka is used in the sense of vocal embellishments including shakes, not restricted to shake alone.
    -- p.vol_II_p161 "The word gamaka is used here in the sense of vocal embellishments including shakes; it is not restricted to shake."

CITED_RULES:
  - elā  (structural)
  - sthita  (structural)
  - rāga  (relation)
  - shake  (definition)
  - svaras  (structural)
  - tāla  (relation)
  - vibhāṣā  (structural)
  - śukacańcu  (relation)

CONFIDENCE: canonical
PROTECT: true