RULE id: aṁśa (3)
SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_II_p014, vol_II_p017, vol_II_p019, vol_II_p022, vol_II_p023...)
SCOPE: svara_role family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE)
CONCEPT: aṁśa
STATUS: canonical

RECORD:
  count                = sixty-three                     -- p.vol_II_p014
  constraint_type      = negation of the omission of the samvādī  -- p.vol_II_p027
  position_in_structure = determines structural constraints on the formation of modal variants  -- p.vol_II_p029
  assigned_svara_in_gandhari = gāndhāra                        -- p.vol_II_p105
  related_svaras_in_gandhari = pancama                         -- p.vol_II_p105
  register_relationship = mandra begins with the svara immediately below the amsa  -- p.vol_II_p157

ASSERTIONS:
  - [definition] Aṁśa is the vādī alone, the principal note in a rāga
    -- p.vol_II_p014 "aṁśa is vādī alone i.e. only the vādī"
  - [attribution] Aṁśa has predominance because it is the progenitor of rāga and pervasive in nature
    -- p.vol_II_p014 "Because of its being the progenitor 11 of raga (delight or colour) and because of its being pervasive, the predominance of anisa alone (is accepted)."
  - [relation] The svara that comes before aṁśa is mandra
    -- p.vol_II_p017 "The svara that comes before that (aṁśa), is mandra."
  - [relation] Sañcāra (to and fro movement) occurs among the amsas and strong svaras
    -- p.vol_II_p019 "सञ्चारोंऽशबलस्थानामल्पत्वं"
  - [structural] In madhyamā, there are five amśas, excluding gāndhāra and niṣāda which are two-śruti svaras
    -- p.vol_II_p022 "In madhyamā there are five amśas, excepting the two svaras composed of two śrutis each (viz. gāndhāra-niṣāda)."
  - [structural] In gāndhārapañcamī, pañcama functions as the aṁśa (characteristic note)
    -- p.vol_II_p023 "ज्ञेयो गान्धारपञ्चम्या पञ्चमोऽशः प्रयोक्तभि"
  - [structural] The aṁśa is a designated note in a jāti whose samvādī cannot be omitted
    -- p.vol_II_p027 "because of the negation of the omission of the samvādī of the aṁśa"
  - [structural] The aṁśa (predominant note) determines structural constraints on the formation of modal variants
    -- p.vol_II_p029 "Şadjamadhyamā is not desired to be with six svaras when the seventh (niṣāda) is the aṁśa"
  - [structural] Ṣāḍjī has ten amśas in total
    -- p.vol_II_p032 "And it has ten amsas."
  - [enumeration] The amśas of ṣāḍjī comprise one suddha, five vikṛtas in complete state, and four ṣāḍavas
    -- p.vol_II_p032 "That is thus - one suddha, five vikṛtas in the complete state and four ṣāḍavas"
  - [structural] There is mutual reaching out among the amsas
    -- p.vol_II_p035 "अंशाना परस्परगमनम्"
  - [definition] Amśas are essential svaras that define a jāti, with five svaras serving as amśas in raktagāndhārī
    -- p.vol_II_p039 "Five svaras excepting dhaivata and ṛṣabha are amśas in raktagāndhārī."
  - [definition] In kaiśikī, svaras other than ṛṣabha function as aṁśas (structural tones)
    -- p.vol_II_p040 "In kaiśikī, the svaras other than ṛṣabha are aṁśas."
  - [structural] The aṁśas in a jāti have mutual concert or coordination with one another
    -- p.vol_II_p040 "The amsas have mutual concert."
  - [relation] Amśa is a form through which particular lakṣaṇa manifests
    -- p.vol_II_p047 "and the special is (in the form of) amisa and the like."
  - [relation] amsa is a predominant structural feature of bhāṣā melodies
    -- p.vol_II_p079 "niṣāda as its amsa"
  - [definition] Aṁśa is a characteristic note that identifies specific bhāṣās (regional styles), as seen in saindhavī (madhyama), pañcamākhyā (pañcama), and ravicandrikā (gāndhāra)
    -- p.vol_II_p080 "This saindhavī has madhyama as its aṁśa, ṣaḍja as its concluding note"
  - [definition] Aṁśa refers to a characteristic svara that defines a bhāṣā
    -- p.vol_II_p081 "Ambāherī is said to have madhyama as its aṁśa, ṣaḍja as its concluding note"
  - [structural] amsa is a structural property of rāga varieties, functioning as a characteristic note
    -- p.vol_II_p083 "pañcamāṁśā tu ṣaḍjānta potā"
  - [relation] Pañcama is the aṁśa (characteristic note) of Khañjanî
    -- p.vol_II_p085 "Khañjanî has pañcama as aṁśa"
  - [relation] Niṣāda is the aṁśa (characteristic note) of Gurjarī
    -- p.vol_II_p085 "Having niṣāda as aṁśa, ṣaḍja as the concluding note, gurjarī is born of deśa"
  - [relation] aṁśa is a structural feature of bhāṣās that can be combined with nyāsa in their construction
    -- p.vol_II_p088 "Combined with ṣaḍja as aṁśa and nyāsa, weak in dhaivata"
  - [structural] aṁśa is a structural component of bhāṣā classification, exemplified in madhurī (madhyama) and bhāvinī (gāndhāra)
    -- p.vol_II_p089 "मध्यमांशा तु षड्ज?ान्ता"
  - [structural] aṁśa is a structural element of rāgas and vibhāṣās, distinct from concluding note
    -- p.vol_II_p090 "माङ्गाली पञ्चमान्ता च धैवतांशा प्रकीर्तिता"
  - [structural] aṁśa is a structural property of vibhāṣā types that can be assigned to specific svaras
    -- p.vol_II_p093 "Having madhyama as aṁśa, dhaivata as the concluding note"
  - [structural] Aṁśa is a structural property designating a characteristic note of a bhāṣā
    -- p.vol_II_p094 "Having madhyama as aṁśa, dhaivata as the concluding note"
  - [structural] aṁśa is a structural property of bhāṣā forms that characterizes them by a particular svara
    -- p.vol_II_p101 "One should use the bhāṣā having pañcama as aṁśa and ṣaḍja as the concluding note, in takka."
  - [structural] Amśa is a structural feature of bhāṣās that can be pañcama or madhyama
    -- p.vol_II_p104 "Having pañcama as amsa, being complete"
  - [structural] Gāndhārī has gāndhāra as its aṁśa (characteristic note/component)
    -- p.vol_II_p105 "Gāndhārī has gāndhāra as aṁśa (and) pancama as the concluding note, is complete"
  - [structural] Gāndhārī has pancama as its concluding note
    -- p.vol_II_p105 "Gāndhārī has gāndhāra as aṁśa (and) pancama as the concluding note"
  - [definition] amsa is a structural element that functions as a primary note characteristic of a rāga or rāga type
    -- p.vol_II_p106 "Having niṣāda as amsa (and ) dhaivata as the concluding note"
  - [structural] aṁśa is a technical term used to characterize rāgas, distinct from graha and nyāsa
    -- p.vol_II_p110 "षड्ज?ांशा धग्रहन्यासा धमन्द्रा तारतत्परा"
  - [structural] Mandra begins with the svara immediately below the amsa, establishing a structural relationship between these two registers.
    -- p.vol_II_p157 "It is notable that mandra begins with the svara immediately below the amsa."
  - [definition] aṁśa is the regulator of intervallic formation in melodic configuration
    -- p.vol_II_p159 "aṁśa is the regulator of intervallic formation in a melodic configuration"
  - [relation] The predominant amsa among multiple amsas determines the mūrchanā of a jāti
    -- p.vol_II_p163 "the amsa that is predominant among amsas (in the case of jātis with more than one amsa) determines the mūrchanā of a jāti."
  - [relation] Being ujjvala (brilliant) with a svara could mean that the svara concerned becomes the amsa
    -- p.vol_II_p164 "Being ujjvala or brilliant with a svara could, perhaps, mean that the svara concerned becomes the amsa."
  - [definition] Amsa is the beginning point of a given phrase from which ascent to higher svaras is measured
    -- p.vol_I_p056 "from the amsa47 (beginning point of a given phrase)"

CITED_RULES:
  - ambāherī  (definition)
  - ravicandrā  (definition)
  - sañcāra  (relation)
  - amisa  (relation)
  - aniśa  (attribution)
  - bhāvinī  (structural)
  - bhāṣā  (definition)
  - bhāṣā  (relation)
  - bhāṣā  (structural)
  - concert  (structural)
  - dhaivata  (definition)
  - dhaivata  (relation)
  - dhaivata  (structural)
  - graha  (structural)
  - gāndhāra  (definition)
  - gāndhāra  (structural)
  - gāndhārapañcamī  (structural)
  - jāti  (definition)
  - jāti  (relation)
  - jāti  (structural)
  - kaiśikī  (definition)
  - lakṣaṇa  (relation)
  - madhurī  (structural)
  - madhyama  (definition)
  - madhyama  (structural)
  - madhyama as aṁśa  (structural)
  - mandra  (relation)
  - mandra  (structural)
  - mūrchanā  (relation)
  - niṣāda  (definition)
  - niṣāda  (relation)
  - niṣāda  (structural)
  - nyāsa  (relation)
  - nyāsa  (structural)
  - pañcama  (definition)
  - pañcama  (structural)
  - pañcama as aṁśa  (structural)
  - pañcamākhyā  (definition)
  - potā  (structural)
  - raktagāndhārī  (definition)
  - rāga  (attribution)
  - rāga  (definition)
  - rāga  (structural)
  - saindhavī  (definition)
  - samvādī  (structural)
  - svaras  (definition)
  - svaras  (relation)
  - svaras  (structural)
  - vibhāṣā  (structural)
  - vādī  (definition)
  - śrutis  (structural)
  - şadjamadhyamā  (structural)
  - धैवतांशा  (structural)
  - मध्यमांशा  (structural)
  - माङ्गाली  (structural)
  - षड्ज  (structural)
  - ṛṣabha  (definition)
  - ṣāḍjī  (enumeration)
  - ṣāḍjī  (structural)

CONFIDENCE: canonical
PROTECT: true