RULE id: मूर्छना (39) SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_II_p038, vol_II_p044, vol_II_p061, vol_II_p125, vol_I_p035) SCOPE: technical_term family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE) CONCEPT: मूर्छना STATUS: empirical ASSERTIONS: - [structural] Mūrchanā (melodic movement) begins with dhaivata in the context of Gāndhārodīcyavā. -- p.vol_II_p038 "the mūrchanā beginning with dhaivata obtains." - [relation] Mūrchanā beginning with madhyama arises in the hexatonic form of āndhrī -- p.vol_II_p044 "The hexatonic form comes into being with the omission of sadja. The mūrchanā beginning with madhyama obtains." - [structural] The mūrchanā (melodic progression) of gaudapañcama begins with dhaivata -- p.vol_II_p061 "The mūrchanā beginning with dhaivata obtains." - [relation] Mūrchanā is a characteristic feature of lakṣmī accompanied by nāda -- p.vol_II_p125 "मूर्छना नादसहिता सैला लक्ष्मीरिति स्मृता" - [definition] Murchana is the context or occasion when particular musical forms are articulated -- p.vol_I_p035 "Now the murchanas that befit the occasion or context are being spoken of." - [definition] Mūrchanā is etymologically derived from the root mūrch meaning infatuation and samucchrāya meaning growth -- p.vol_I_p035 "The etymology of 'mūrchanā' is thus - (the root) mūrch stands for moha (loss of consciousness, stupefaction, infatuation) and samucchrāya 19 (increase, growth)." - [definition] That through which rāga grows or increases is called mūrchanā -- p.vol_I_p035 "That through which raga (colour, delightfulness) grows or increases, is called mūrchanā." CITED_RULES: - gaudapañcama (structural) - nāda (relation) - dhaivata (structural) - gāndhārodīcyavā (structural) - hexatonic (relation) - madhyama (relation) - mūrchanā (relation) - mūrchanā (structural) - sadja (relation) - āndhrī (relation) CONFIDENCE: empirical PROTECT: false