RULE id: lakṣaṇa (68)
SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_II_p011, vol_II_p047, vol_II_p077, vol_II_p100, vol_II_p155...)
SCOPE: technical_term family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE)
CONCEPT: lakṣaṇa
STATUS: empirical

ASSERTIONS:
  - [relation] Alteration in one, two or many lakṣaṇas (characteristics) transforms śuddhā into vikṛtā jātis
    -- p.vol_II_p011 "द्वाभ्या बहुभिर्वा ्रा स्वरस्वरग्रहान्यासाध (?) लक्षणैर्विकृतिमुपगता"
  - [structural] General lakṣaṇa is four-fold; particular lakṣaṇa is in the form of amśa and the like
    -- p.vol_II_p047 "The general one is four-fold and the special is (in the form of) amisa and the like."
  - [enumeration] Lakṣaṇa (definition) is two-fold, consisting of general and particular varieties
    -- p.vol_II_p047 "Lakṣaṇa (definition) is known to be two-fold viz. general8 and particular.9"
  - [definition] Each bhāṣā has lakṣaṇas (characteristics or descriptions)
    -- p.vol_II_p077 "Now listen to their description alongwith illustration for each one."
  - [structural] A bhāṣā should be sung in accordance with its lakṣaṇas with all effort
    -- p.vol_II_p100 "Similarly, (a bhāṣā) should be sung in accordance with its lakṣaṇas, with all effort."
  - [enumeration] The ten lakṣaṇas of jātis include graha, aṁśa, tāra, and mandra
    -- p.vol_II_p155 "the description of their ten lakṣaṇas, viz. graha, aṁśa, tāra, mandra etc."
  - [structural] The lakṣaṇa (description) of audūvita is fivefold
    -- p.vol_I_p039 "Audūvita is with five svaras; its lakṣaṇa (description) is fivefold"

CITED_RULES:
  - amisa  (structural)
  - auduvita  (structural)
  - aṁśa  (enumeration)
  - aṁśa  (structural)
  - bhāṣā  (definition)
  - bhāṣā  (structural)
  - graha  (enumeration)
  - jāti  (enumeration)
  - mandra  (enumeration)
  - svaras  (structural)
  - tāra  (enumeration)
  - vikṛtā jātis  (relation)
  - śuddhā  (relation)

CONFIDENCE: empirical
PROTECT: false