RULE id: vamsa (530)
SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_I_p015, vol_I_p032, vol_I_p088)
SCOPE: technical_term family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE)
CONCEPT: vamsa
STATUS: empirical

ASSERTIONS:
  - [structural] Svaras in the vamsa (flute) should be known as forming groups of two, three and four śrutis
    -- p.vol_I_p015 "The svaras situated in the vamsa (flute) should be known as (forming) groups of two, three and four śrutis."
  - [structural] The use of svaras in holes of bamboo flute forms groups of two, three and four śrutis
    -- p.vol_I_p015 "The use of svaras occurring in the holes of bamboo (flute) should be made as (forming groups of) two srutis, three srutis and four srutis."
  - [structural] Nine śrutis are associated with the bamboo flute (vamsa)
    -- p.vol_I_p015 "Thus have been spoken of by me nine śrutis 15 on the bamboo (flute).(25)"
  - [enumeration] Ṛṣabha and dhaivata are born in the vaṃśa (lineage) of ṛṣis (sages)
    -- p.vol_I_p032 "The two svaras ršabha and dhaivata are born in the lineage of rsis."
  - [relation] The nine śrutis group has been associated with the vamsa (flute) because the production of svaras can be clearly described there in terms of opening, shaking, and half-opening holes
    -- p.vol_I_p088 "This group of nine śrutis has been associated with the vamsa (flute) because the production of the svaras of four, three and two śrutis has been clearly describ"

CITED_RULES:
  - svaras  (relation)
  - svaras  (structural)
  - śrutis  (relation)
  - śrutis  (structural)

CONFIDENCE: empirical
PROTECT: false