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वर्णा technical_term

Dictionary: not in dictionary · Pages: 1 · Occurrences: 2 · Affirmations: 2 · Graph degree: 13 (in 2, out 11)
Variants (2): वर्णः (1), वर्णा (1)

Generative rules (1) ↗ filter all

Pseudocode (DSL v1.1) ↗ full DSL (raw text)

RULE id: वर्णा (cluster 1829)
SCOPE: technical_term family
STATUS: empirical
CONFIDENCE: empirical
PROTECT: false

Essence pseudocode — identity + RECORD. The page citations for each slot value are in the Grammar record table above (audit trail). The full DSL adds ASSERTIONS with verbatim quotes (see Affirmations below) and CITED_RULES (see Graph relations).

Graph relations

Outgoing (11)

--[definition]--> Varņa (1)--[enumeration]--> Varņa (1)--[enumeration]--> Sañcārin (1)--[definition]--> pada (1)--[enumeration]--> varṇa (1)--[enumeration]--> avarohin (1)--[enumeration]--> ārohin (1)--[definition]--> sthāyin (1)--[enumeration]--> sthāyin (1)--[definition]--> Gita (1)--[definition]--> svaras (1)

Incoming (1)

varṇa --[structural]--> (2)

Affirmations (2)

definition
p.vol_I_p051
english
conf 0.90
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A varņa is the singing (gita) in which equal svaras remain unimpeded, manifesting varņa in a given textual unit (pada)
"Where svaras are equal3 and stay unimpeded4, the gita5 (melodic rendering) born out of them, that is the manifestor of varņa (unit of melodic movement) in a given pada6 (textual unit), that varņa is called sthāyin (steady)."
enumeration
p.vol_I_p051
english
conf 0.95
[show source]
Varņas are four in number: sthāyin (steady), sancārin (circulatory), ārohin (ascending), and avarohin (descending)
"After this (now) are demonstrated the varnas 1 (patterns of melodic movement) that are verily four only; viz. sthāyin (steady), sancārin (circulatory), (118) ārohin (ascending) and avarohin (descending)."