RULE id: rasa (363)
SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_II_p036, vol_I_p077)
SCOPE: technical_term family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE)
CONCEPT: rasa
STATUS: empirical

ASSERTIONS:
  - [structural] The rasa of Gāndhārī is karuṇa (pathos)
    -- p.vol_II_p036 "रसः 'करुणः'"
  - [enumeration] Eight rasas are enumerated in Matanga's text: Paroksa, Sringara, Bibhatsa, Hasya, Karuna, and Niṣada, with Santa rasa included but bhayanaka omitted
    -- p.vol_I_p077 "It is notable that Santa rasa has been included here and bhayanaka has been omitted; thus the number of rasas enumerated is only eight and not nine, as stated i"

CITED_RULES:
  - gāndhārī  (structural)
  - karuṇa  (structural)

CONFIDENCE: empirical
PROTECT: false