RULE id: vesarikā (945) SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_II_p080, vol_II_p088) SCOPE: technical_term family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE) CONCEPT: vesarikā STATUS: empirical ASSERTIONS: - [structural] Vesarikā is hexatonic (śāḍava), being devoid of pañcama and combined with ṣaḍja as initial and concluding note -- p.vol_II_p080 "Combined with sadja as the initial and concluding note, being devoid of pañcama, this bhāṣā vesarikā, should be known to be hexatonic by the performers." - [structural] Vesarikā exhibits mutual movement between dhaivata-niṣāda and ṣaḍja-dhaivata seen from moment to moment -- p.vol_II_p080 "The mutual movement of dhaivata-niṣāda and ṣaḍja-dhaivata is seen from moment to moment." - [structural] vesarī is a bhāṣā combined with ṣaḍja as aṁśa and nyāsa, weak in dhaivata, formed with profuse use of gandhara -- p.vol_II_p088 "Combined with ṣaḍja as aṁśa and nyāsa, weak in dhaivata, this vesarī bhāṣā is formed with the (profuse) use of gandhara." CITED_RULES: - aṁśa (structural) - bhāṣā (structural) - dhaivata (structural) - gāndhāra (structural) - hexatonic (structural) - niṣāda (structural) - nyāsa (structural) - pañcama (structural) - sadja (structural) CONFIDENCE: empirical PROTECT: false