RULE id: gitakas (2220)
SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_I_p062, vol_I_p102)
SCOPE: technical_term family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE)
CONCEPT: gitakas
STATUS: empirical

ASSERTIONS:
  - [structural] Alankāras should be known by the wise to be subsistent in seven gītaka forms
    -- p.vol_I_p062 "These alankaras should be known by the wise to be subsistent in the seven (gītaka)86 forms."
  - [enumeration] Seven gitakas are enumerated: madraka, aparāntaka, ullopyaka, prakarī, oveņaka, rovindaka and uttara
    -- p.vol_I_p102 "The seven gitakas are described in NS XXXI. They are - madraka, aparāntaka, ullopyaka, prakarī, oveņaka, rovindaka and uttara."
  - [relation] Gitakas are prescribed in pūrvaranga (preliminaries of drama) where musical units can be stretched by melody through alaṅkāras
    -- p.vol_I_p102 "All these forms are prescribed in pūrvaranga (preliminaries of drama). Since no dramatic situation is required to be highlighted in Pūrvaranga, the music there "

CITED_RULES:
  - alaṅkāra  (relation)
  - alaṅkāra  (structural)
  - aparāntaka  (enumeration)
  - madraka  (enumeration)
  - oveņaka  (enumeration)
  - prakarī  (enumeration)
  - pūrvaranga  (relation)
  - rovindaka  (enumeration)
  - ullopyaka  (enumeration)
  - uttara  (enumeration)

CONFIDENCE: empirical
PROTECT: false