RULE id: bahuvrihi (343)
SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_II_p017, vol_II_p157)
SCOPE: technical_term family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE)
CONCEPT: bahuvrihi
STATUS: empirical

ASSERTIONS:
  - [structural] The compound bahuvrihi operates in the context of mandra definition, meaning that which precedes the aṁśa svara
    -- p.vol_II_p017 "The compound27 bahuvrihi operates here (and the meaning is that which is followed by aṁśa svara i.e. that which precedes the aṁśa)."
  - [definition] Bahuvrihi is a grammatical compound where the last member loses its substantive character and qualifies a noun with the first member.
    -- p.vol_II_p157 "Bahuvrihi (lit. possessing much rice) is "a relative or adjective compound in which, as in the word bahuvrihi itself (cf. tatpurușa), the last member loses its "

CITED_RULES:
  - aṁśa  (structural)
  - aṁśa svara  (structural)
  - mandra  (structural)
  - tatpurușa  (definition)

CONFIDENCE: empirical
PROTECT: false