RULE id: gita (593)
SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_II_p072, vol_I_p030, vol_I_p084)
SCOPE: core_concept family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE)
CONCEPT: Gita
STATUS: canonical

RECORD:
  structural_components = four angas (components)         -- p.vol_II_p072

ASSERTIONS:
  - [definition] Gita is characterised with ten lakṣaṇas and should be named rāga
    -- p.vol_II_p072 "The gita characterised with ten lakṣaṇas should be named after the word rāga."
  - [structural] Gita is comprised of four aṅgas
    -- p.vol_II_p072 "Gīta is comprised of four angas (components)."
  - [attribution] Gīta-designers (yoktṛs) are credited with establishing the terminology for sevenfold svara combinations
    -- p.vol_I_p030 "known with seven (svaras) by the designers (yoktṛns) of gīta 52 (music)."
  - [definition] Gita stands for the melodic aspect of music rendered through voice or stringed and wind instruments, and in extended meaning represents the totality of music
    -- p.vol_I_p084 "Gita (lit. song or the act of singing) stands for the melodic aspect of music which is rendered through the voice or stringed and wind instruments."

CITED_RULES:
  - lakṣaṇa  (definition)
  - rāga  (definition)
  - svaras  (attribution)

CONFIDENCE: canonical
PROTECT: true