RULE id: ardhamāgadhī (233)
SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_II_p049, vol_I_p068, vol_I_p069, vol_I_p072)
SCOPE: technical_term family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE)
CONCEPT: ardhamāgadhī
STATUS: empirical

ASSERTIONS:
  - [enumeration] Ardhamāgadhī is the second category in Bharata's classification
    -- p.vol_II_p049 "the second one as ardhamāgadhī"
  - [definition] ardhamāgadhī is a giti completed in half the time of māgadhī
    -- p.vol_I_p068 "That (gīti) which is completed⁵ in half the time (of māgadhī) should be known as ardhamāgadhī (lit. half-māgadhī)."
  - [relation] ardhamāgadhī is completed in half of māgadhi gīti
    -- p.vol_I_p069 "ardhamāgadhī is (completed) in half of that."
  - [definition] Ardhamāgadhī is called so because it consists of half a pada (metrical unit)
    -- p.vol_I_p072 "Ardhamāgadhi is (called so) because of there being the state of half 'pada',"

CITED_RULES:
  - bharata  (enumeration)
  - gīti  (definition)
  - māgadhī  (definition)
  - māgadhī gīti  (relation)
  - pada  (definition)

CONFIDENCE: empirical
PROTECT: false