RULE id: patanjali (591)
SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_I_p083, vol_I_p093)
SCOPE: proper_noun family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE)
CONCEPT: Patanjali
STATUS: empirical

ASSERTIONS:
  - [attribution] Patanjali discussed at length in his bhāşya on Pāṇini that it is the vowel and not the consonant that bears pitch, duration etc. of a syllable
    -- p.vol_I_p083 "Patanjali in the bhāşya (commentary) on Pāṇini (Aṣtā I, 2.29) has discussed this point at length. The consonant vanishes immediately and if it is extended, this"
  - [relation] Patanjali provided an etymology of svara similar to one discussed in Brihaddesi
    -- p.vol_I_p093 "This etymology is similar to the one given by Patanjali. (cf. Mahābhāṣya on Pāṇini I. 2.29)"

CITED_RULES:
  - pāṇini  (attribution)

CONFIDENCE: empirical
PROTECT: false