RULE id: pada-giti (508)
SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_I_p006, vol_I_p081, vol_I_p103)
SCOPE: technical_term family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE)
CONCEPT: Pada-giti
STATUS: traditional

ASSERTIONS:
  - [enumeration] Pada-giti is one of the seven main topics covered in the first chapter of the Brihaddesi
    -- p.vol_I_p006 "This work is being presented in three volumes, the first one covering the first chapter dealing with the following topics: 1. Deśī, 2. Nāda, 3. Śruti, 4. Svara,"
  - [structural] Pada-gitis is a section (Section VII) of the Brhaddesi treatise
    -- p.vol_I_p081 "Section VII ( Pada-gitis )"
  - [enumeration] Pada-gitis varieties include Māgadhī, Ardhamāgadhī, and other types with specific hand positions and movement patterns
    -- p.vol_I_p081 "दक्षिणा चोर्ध्वगा चित्रे द्वे तु ध्वकासर्पिणी।"
  - [citation] Pada-gitis is related to the Natyashastra chapter XXIX treatment of gitis
    -- p.vol_I_p081 "cf. NŚ XXIX,44-48 and the variant recension of this chapter, 75-78."
  - [enumeration] Pada-gitis includes varieties called Māgadhī and Ardhamāgadhī
    -- p.vol_I_p081 "त्रिनिवृत्त ( त्ति ) प्रगीता या गीति सा मागधी स्मृता। अर्धतः सन्निवृत्ता च विज?्ञेया ह्यर्धमागर्धा।।"
  - [definition] Pada-giti is a specific pattern of singing related to the text of the song as manifest in its syllabic units and metre
    -- p.vol_I_p103 "Giti literally means song or the act of singing, but here it stands for specific pattern of singing with reference to the text of the song as manifest in its sy"
  - [relation] Pada-giti is qualified with pada to distinguish it from gitis related to raga rendering
    -- p.vol_I_p103 "In order to distinguish between these two types of gitis, the first type being related to the rendering of text and the second type being related to the renderi"

CITED_RULES:
  - brhaddeśī  (structural)
  - chandas  (definition)
  - grāma-mūrchanā  (enumeration)
  - nāda  (enumeration)
  - varņa-alaṅkāra  (enumeration)
  - ardhamāgadhī  (enumeration)
  - desi  (enumeration)
  - gīti  (definition)
  - māgadhī  (enumeration)
  - pada  (relation)
  - svaras  (enumeration)
  - śrutis  (enumeration)

CONFIDENCE: traditional
PROTECT: false