RULE id: vyañjana (1984)
SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_I_p025, vol_I_p083)
SCOPE: technical_term family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE)
CONCEPT: vyañjana
STATUS: empirical

ASSERTIONS:
  - [relation] Vyanjanas are mentioned as having svaratva (the quality of being a svara)
    -- p.vol_I_p025 "the svaratva of vyanjanas beginning with şadja has been spoken of."
  - [definition] Vyañjana (consonant) is the phonetic unit that brings about specificity in language
    -- p.vol_I_p083 "In language vyañjana, consonant ( lit. the act or instrument of mani- festation ) is the phonetic unit that brings about specificity"
  - [relation] Vyañjana (consonant) can only be pronounced with the help of vowel and is impotent without it
    -- p.vol_I_p083 "it can be pronounced only with the help of vowel, otherwise it is impotent or inefficacious"

CITED_RULES:
  - svarārtha  (relation)
  - svaras  (relation)
  - şadja  (relation)

CONFIDENCE: empirical
PROTECT: false