RULE id: gaņa (727)
SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_II_p024)
SCOPE: technical_term family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE)
CONCEPT: gaņa
STATUS: empirical

ASSERTIONS:
  - [definition] A gaņa is a group formed with three jātis in each case
    -- p.vol_II_p024 "सर्वासामेव ज?ातीना त्रिज?ातिस्तु गणः स्मृतः"
  - [structural] Gaņa groups are distinguished by the definition of having an increasing number of svaras
    -- p.vol_II_p024 "लक्षणात् स च विज?्ञेयो वर्धमानस्वरो बुधैः"
  - [enumeration] There are seven gaņa varieties: one svara, two svaras, three svaras, four svaras (each with three jātis), five svaras (four jātis), six svaras (one variety), and seven svaras (one variety)
    -- p.vol_II_p024 "एकस्वरो द्विस्वरश्च त्रिस्वरश्च चतुःस्वरः। पञ्चस्वरश्चतुर्धा च एकधा सप्तषट्स्वरौ"
  - [structural] The statement that a gaņa is formed with three jātis is an indication of the maximum number applicable in most cases
    -- p.vol_II_p024 "त्रिज?ातिको गण इति संख्यानिदर्शनम्"

CONFIDENCE: empirical
PROTECT: false