RULE id: alaṅkāra (69)
SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_II_p053, vol_II_p055, vol_II_p064, vol_II_p071, vol_I_p052...)
SCOPE: core_concept family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE)
CONCEPT: alaṅkāra
STATUS: canonical

RECORD:
  ornamental_application = śuddhakaiśika                   -- p.vol_II_p055
  duration_metric      = from one to six kalās           -- p.vol_I_p102

ASSERTIONS:
  - [structural] Prasannānta is the alaṅkāra of śuddhaṣāḍava
    -- p.vol_II_p053 "Prasannānta is the alaṅkāra."
  - [structural] Prasannādi is the alaṅkāra employed in śuddhakaiśika
    -- p.vol_II_p055 "प्रसन्नादिरलङ्कारः"
  - [structural] Prasannādi is the alaṅkāra used in all three rāgas
    -- p.vol_II_p064 "Prasannādi is the alaṅkāra."
  - [structural] Prasannādyanta is the alaṅkāra in pañcamaṣāḍava
    -- p.vol_II_p071 "प्रसन्नाद्यन्तोऽलङ्कारः"
  - [relation] Varṇas are to be known for the sake of the structuring of alankāras and similar ornamentation.
    -- p.vol_I_p052 "These varnas ought to be known for the sake of the structuring" of alankāras and the like, as being born of svaras produced by the human body"
  - [definition] Alankāras are ornaments that adorn singing subsisting in varṇas and make it delightful to performers and listeners
    -- p.vol_I_p053 "similarly the singing that subsists in varņas (and is) adorned by these alankāras (known as) prasannādi and the like, becomes delightful to the performers and l"
  - [definition] The word alankāra derives from the root 'du krñ' (meaning doing/making) with the prefix 'alam' (sufficient/adequate), signifying that which makes something adequate
    -- p.vol_I_p053 "the root 'du krñ' in the meaning of doing or making bears the prefix alam (sufficient or adequate) and (the word) alaṅkāra (derived thereby) means that which ma"
  - [structural] The alankāra doctrine is organized with an etymological explanation establishing the semantic link between adorning and adequacy
    -- p.vol_I_p053 "Ornament25 is being spoken of by the word alaṅkāra. Just as a man or woman adorned with a bracelet on the forearm, middle-arm and the like, bears beauty (become"
  - [enumeration] There are thirty-three well-known alankāras enumerated by name and application
    -- p.vol_I_p053 "Now the well-known thirty-three24 alankāras are being described by name and application."
  - [relation] Musical rendering without alaṅkāra is fundamentally deficient, compared to natural entities lacking essential attributes
    -- p.vol_I_p066 "Giti (musical rendering) without alaṅkāra is like a night without the moon, a river without water, a creeper without flowers (and) a woman without (168) ornamen"
  - [enumeration] There are thirty-three alaṅkāra that have been systematically described
    -- p.vol_I_p066 "Thus have been described these thirty-three alankāras by me."
  - [structural] Alankaras are usually structured with repetitive motifs and one or more of the varnas accord the pattern of melodic movement
    -- p.vol_I_p100 "Alankaras are usually structured with repetitive motifs and one or more of the varnas accord the pattern of melodic movement."
  - [structural] Alaṅkāras are ornamental musical phrases whose duration is systematically increased from one to six kalās
    -- p.vol_I_p102 "It has been prescribed that the duration of the kalās (phrases) has to be gradually increased from one to six kalās, which means that each succeeding kalā shoul"

CITED_RULES:
  - kalā  (structural)
  - prasannādyanta  (structural)
  - varņa  (definition)
  - gīti  (relation)
  - pañcamaṣāḍava  (structural)
  - prasannādi  (definition)
  - prasannādi  (structural)
  - prasannānta  (structural)
  - rāga  (structural)
  - svaras  (relation)
  - varṇa  (definition)
  - varṇa  (relation)
  - varṇa  (structural)
  - śuddhakaiśika  (structural)

CONFIDENCE: canonical
PROTECT: true