RULE id: prastāra (18)
SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_II_p039, vol_II_p040, vol_II_p042, vol_II_p108, vol_I_p039...)
SCOPE: technical_term family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE)
CONCEPT: prastāra
STATUS: empirical

ASSERTIONS:
  - [structural] The prastāra of raktagāndhārī begins with the sequence pā nī sā sā gā sā pā nī
    -- p.vol_II_p039 "The prastāra is thus – pā nī sā sā gā sā pā nī"
  - [definition] prastāra is a systematic exposition or progression of svaras provided for kaiśikī jāti
    -- p.vol_II_p040 "The prastāra is thus -"
  - [definition] The prastāra is a systematic exposition following the niṣāda entry point in Kārmāravi
    -- p.vol_II_p042 "The prastāra is thus- ri ri ri ri ri ri ri ri"
  - [relation] prastāra functions as notational illustration blended with bhāṣā descriptions
    -- p.vol_II_p108 "blended with prastāra (lit. elaboration, here notational illustration)"
  - [structural] The author demonstrates the description of audūvita with prastara
    -- p.vol_I_p039 "Now he (the author) demonstrates this very (description) with prastara.36 That is thus in sadja-grāma—"
  - [definition] prastāra is a systematic method of enumerating svaras and their orderings
    -- p.vol_I_p048 "The prastāra is thus -"
  - [definition] Prastāra is an alankāra meaning permutation or extension
    -- p.vol_I_p053 "(15) Prastāra (permutation or extension)"
  - [enumeration] Prastāra has two forms: one in the sthāyin (steady) varna and another in the ārohin (ascending) varna
    -- p.vol_I_p056 "Prastāra has two forms (obtaining in) the sthāyin (steady) and ārohin (ascending) (varna)."
  - [definition] prastara involves successive phrases with increasing numbers of svaras
    -- p.vol_I_p057 "svaras are pronounced in the order of prastara, increasing one by one (in successive phrases)."
  - [definition] Prastāra is a gradual increase by one svara in each successive step
    -- p.vol_I_p063 "Gradually increasing by one svara (in each step) should be known to be named prastāra."
  - [relation] Prastara involves descent according to definite measure and is associated with udgīta alaṅkāra
    -- p.vol_I_p065 "(like) prastara where there is descent according to definite measure (pramāṇa),114 that is said to be udgīta alaṅkāra."
  - [structural] Prastaras are notational representations organized according to svaras (pitches) beginning with ṣadja
    -- p.vol_I_p066 "Thus are the prastaras (notational representations) in (svaras) beginning with şadja."

CITED_RULES:
  - alaṅkāra  (definition)
  - auduvita  (structural)
  - kaiśikī jāti  (definition)
  - raktagāndhārī  (structural)
  - sadjagrāma  (structural)
  - sthāyin  (enumeration)
  - svaras  (definition)
  - svaras  (structural)
  - ārohin  (enumeration)
  - şadja  (structural)

CONFIDENCE: empirical
PROTECT: false