RULE id: sthāyin (294)
SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_I_p052, vol_I_p056, vol_I_p057)
SCOPE: technical_term family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE)
CONCEPT: sthāyin
STATUS: empirical

ASSERTIONS:
  - [structural] Sthāyin varṇa is the steady variety of varṇa, exemplified in śādjī jātī by the phrase sāsāsā.
    -- p.vol_I_p052 "Just as, in śādjī (jātī) the sthāyin (steady) varņa (is illustrated by) sāsāsā"
  - [structural] In sthāyin varna, a single svara gradually ascends to the high and descends to the low from itself
    -- p.vol_I_p056 "Out of them, in the sthayin 51 (varna), one svara gradually ascends 'high' from itself and descends 'low'"
  - [definition] sthayin is a steady or foundational svara reached after ascending through successive svaras
    -- p.vol_I_p057 "having reached the sthayin55 (steady) svara after ascending in the svaras in successive order beginning with one, without any gap"

CITED_RULES:
  - varņa  (structural)
  - svaras  (definition)
  - svaras  (structural)
  - varṇa  (structural)
  - ṣāḍjī  (structural)

CONFIDENCE: empirical
PROTECT: false