RULE id: graha (22)
SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_II_p014, vol_II_p110)
SCOPE: svara_role family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE)
CONCEPT: graha
STATUS: canonical

RECORD:
  count                = sixty-three varieties           -- p.vol_II_p014
  position_in_structure = used to characterize rāgas      -- p.vol_II_p110

ASSERTIONS:
  - [definition] Graha is the note with which the performance of jāti and the like is begun or initiated
    -- p.vol_II_p014 "graha is that with which the performance of jāti and the like is begun (lit . held or caught)."
  - [structural] Graha has sixty-three varieties, similar to aṁśa
    -- p.vol_II_p014 "That ( graha ) should be known to have sixty-three varieties just like aniśa."
  - [structural] graha is a technical term used to characterize rāgas, appearing in descriptions of multiple rāga types
    -- p.vol_II_p110 "गान्धारग्रहन्यासा च षड्ज?ांशा तारवर्ज?िता"

CITED_RULES:
  - aniśa  (structural)
  - aṁśa  (structural)
  - jāti  (definition)
  - rāga  (structural)
  - षड्ज  (structural)

CONFIDENCE: canonical
PROTECT: true