RULE id: varņa (78)
SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_II_p167, vol_I_p052, vol_I_p100, vol_I_p102)
SCOPE: core_concept family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE)
CONCEPT: Varņa
STATUS: canonical

RECORD:
  structural_components = a compositional form profusely used in Karnatic music even today  -- p.vol_II_p167

ASSERTIONS:
  - [structural] Varņa is a compositional form profusely used in Karnatic music even today
    -- p.vol_II_p167 "Varņa is a compositional form profusely used in Karnatic music even today."
  - [definition] Varṇa is a pattern of melodic movement brought about when svaras stretch syllables through steadiness, circulatory movement, ascent and descent in response to the demand of melodic rendering.
    -- p.vol_I_p052 "When the svaras stretch the syllable due to the demand of melodic rendering through (their) steadiness, circulatory movement, ascent (and) descent, then varņa ("
  - [attribution] Varṇas are born of svaras produced by the human body and are adorned by repetition in the three registers.
    -- 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 12 (and) adorned b"
  - [enumeration] Varṇa has four varieties: sthāyin, sañcārin, ārohin, and avarohin.
    -- p.vol_I_p052 "Just as, in śādjī (jātī) the sthāyin (steady) varņa (is illustrated by) sāsāsā. Sancārin (circulatory varņa) is there, as in dhaivatī (jātī) — dhā dhā nidha pad"
  - [definition] Varņa is the primary unit of melodic movement in music, analogous to how letters/syllables are primary in language and color in the visual realm
    -- p.vol_I_p100 "Varņa stands for colour, letter, syllable, caste and here, pattern of melodic movement; just as in language, letter or syllable is the primary unit, in the visu"
  - [relation] Melodic varņa extends or stretches the textual unit (pada) and is thereby accomplished
    -- p.vol_I_p100 "the melodic varņa 'extends' or 'stretches' the textual unit and thereby it (melodic varņa) is accomplished."
  - [relation] Varņas are responsible for the construction and structuring of melody as primary units of melodic movement
    -- p.vol_I_p100 "Being the primary units of melodic movement, varņas are responsible for the construction or structuring of melody."
  - [attribution] The condition that each unit of phrasing must proceed along with the last svara component of the previous unit was prescribed by Brhaddesi alone
    -- p.vol_I_p100 "The condition of proceeding in each unit of phrasing alongwith the last component ( svara ) of the previous unit has been imposed by BrD alone"
  - [attribution] BrD has not classified alaṅkāras into varṇas, distinguishing it from other treatises
    -- p.vol_I_p102 "It is notable that BrD has not classified alankāras into varņas."

CITED_RULES:
  - brhaddeśī  (attribution)
  - brd  (attribution)
  - nś xxix. 17  (attribution)
  - sañcārin  (enumeration)
  - alaṅkāra  (attribution)
  - avarohin  (enumeration)
  - dhaivatī  (enumeration)
  - nandayantī  (enumeration)
  - pada  (relation)
  - sthāyin  (enumeration)
  - svaras  (attribution)
  - svaras  (definition)
  - svaras  (enumeration)
  - varṇa  (attribution)
  - varṇa  (definition)
  - varṇa  (enumeration)
  - ārohin  (enumeration)
  - ṣāḍjī  (enumeration)

CONFIDENCE: canonical
PROTECT: true