RULE id: mandratāraprasanna (572)
SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_I_p056, vol_I_p063, vol_I_p066)
SCOPE: technical_term family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE)
CONCEPT: mandratāraprasanna
STATUS: traditional

ASSERTIONS:
  - [definition] Mandratāra-prasanna is produced by suddenly ascending to the higher svara and then gradually descending to the lower initial svara
    -- p.vol_I_p056 "Having suddenly reached the higher (svara) from the lower one, on account of gradual descent to the lower (initial svara) mandratāra-prasanna (comes into being)"
  - [definition] Mandratāraprasanna is characterized by gradual ascent from low to high svaras
    -- p.vol_I_p063 "Omitting the subsequent (svaras) (and) gradually reaching the tara (high) from low should be known by the wise as mandratāraprasanna on account of ascent."
  - [structural] Mandratāraprasanna is a prastara featuring sequences moving from lower to higher and back to lower register
    -- p.vol_I_p066 "(14) mandratāraprasanna"

CITED_RULES:
  - prastāra  (structural)
  - svaras  (definition)
  - tāra  (definition)

CONFIDENCE: traditional
PROTECT: false