RULE id: vṛtta (435)
SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_II_p111, vol_II_p113)
SCOPE: technical_term family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE)
CONCEPT: vṛtta
STATUS: empirical

ASSERTIONS:
  - [structural] Vṛtta is the second prabandha
    -- p.vol_II_p111 "वृत्तो नाम द्वितीयकः"
  - [structural] Vṛtta has no regulation or specification of tāla when composed in āryā, dvipatha, vṛtta, gāthā, dodhaka, and toṭaka metres.
    -- p.vol_II_p113 "There is never a regulation (or specification of tāla in) vṛtta (composed in) āryā, dvipatha, vṛtta, gāthā, dodhaka and similarly toṭaka."
  - [attribution] The prominence of metre in vṛtta has been clearly specified by the munis.
    -- p.vol_II_p113 "The prominence of metre has been clearly specified in them, by the munis."
  - [structural] In vṛtta, the placing of svaras is prescribed at the end, though some hold it to be devoid of svara.
    -- p.vol_II_p113 "In the end the placing of svaras is (prescribed), others hold it to be devoid of svara."

CITED_RULES:
  - dodhaka  (structural)
  - dvipathaka  (structural)
  - gāthā  (structural)
  - prabandha  (structural)
  - svaras  (structural)
  - totaka  (structural)
  - tāla  (structural)
  - āryā  (structural)

CONFIDENCE: empirical
PROTECT: false