RULE id: apakarşa (284)
SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_I_p016, vol_I_p089)
SCOPE: technical_term family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE)
CONCEPT: apakarşa
STATUS: empirical

ASSERTIONS:
  - [definition] Apakarşa is a diminution of pañcama used to measure śruti differences.
    -- p.vol_I_p016 "The difference of that (pañcama) through utkarşa 20 (augmentation) and apakarşa 21 (diminution)"
  - [definition] Apakarşa is the counterpart to utkarşa, denoting lowering or diminution of pitch on one vīṇā
    -- p.vol_I_p089 "either of the two actions could result in both the changes of pitch. All the same, these constituents are used as inter-changeables in both BrD and NS"

CITED_RULES:
  - brd  (definition)
  - pañcama  (definition)
  - utkarşa  (definition)
  - śrutis  (definition)

CONFIDENCE: empirical
PROTECT: false