RULE id: varnailā (323)
SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_II_p123, vol_II_p124)
SCOPE: technical_term family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE)
CONCEPT: Varnailā
STATUS: empirical

ASSERTIONS:
  - [enumeration] Varnailā has seven varieties: Madanavatī, śaśilekhā, prabhāvatī, mālatī, lalitā, hemavatī, and kusumavatī
    -- p.vol_II_p123 "Madanavatī, śaśilekhā, prabhāvatī, mālatī, similarly lalitā, hemavatī, (and) kusumavatī, these seven are the elās regulated on the basis of varņa (syllable)."
  - [structural] The seven varnailā varieties are sung in sequence, beginning with eleven syllables and ending with seventeen syllables in each foot
    -- p.vol_II_p123 "Beginning with eleven syllables and ending with seventeen (syllables in each foot), these seven are sung in sequence, by the gandharvas with beautiful padas (te"
  - [definition] Varnailā is regulated by syllable count alone, without regulations of tāla, rasa, or rāga
    -- p.vol_II_p123 "There is no regulation of tāla here, none of msa and none of rāga; there is only the regulation of syllables (in their number); hence it is called varyailā."
  - [definition] varṇailā is a musical form characterized by descriptions of qualities like glory, enthusiasm, and steadfastness presented in definite order
    -- p.vol_II_p124 "Where the respectability brought about by the description of glory, enthusiasm, steadfastness and the like is seen in a definite order, that is said to be varya"
  - [structural] varṇailā is sung in specific tālas including maņļha, dvitīya, kankāla, and įmatitāla
    -- p.vol_II_p124 "It is sung in tālas like maņļha, dvitīya, kankāla (and) įmatitāla."
  - [attribution] The doctrine of varṇailā is attributed to Matanga, who described it according to accepted order
    -- p.vol_II_p124 "that has been said to be varṇailā by Matanga according to the accepted order."
  - [enumeration] There are seven varieties of varṇailā that are described in similar manner
    -- p.vol_II_p124 "now the seven varnailās are being described in a way similar (samarasa) to the same."

CITED_RULES:
  - ms a  (definition)
  - madanavatī  (enumeration)
  - matanga  (attribution)
  - varņa  (enumeration)
  - gandharva  (structural)
  - hemavatī  (enumeration)
  - kankāla  (structural)
  - kusumavatī  (enumeration)
  - lalitā  (enumeration)
  - maņļha  (structural)
  - mālatī  (enumeration)
  - pada  (structural)
  - prabhāvatī  (enumeration)
  - rasa  (definition)
  - rāga  (definition)
  - tāla  (definition)
  - śaśilekhā  (enumeration)

CONFIDENCE: empirical
PROTECT: false