R_069_alankara_structural_role

structural · concept: alaṅkāra · 7 attestation(s) · confidence 0.90

Alaṅkāra is an ornamental melodic phrase essential to gīti, with 33 forms whose duration spans 1-6 kalās

Body (pseudocode)

DEFINE alankara = ornament_phrase WHERE phrase_duration IN [1..6] kalas; COUNT alankaras = 33; REQUIRED FOR giti

`giti`	—
`kala_count`	—

→ ornamental_phrase

p. vol_I_p066 · #2692 « Giti (musical rendering) without alaṅkāra is like a night without the moon »
p. vol_I_p066 · #2693 « Thus have been described these thirty-three alankāras by me. »
p. vol_I_p102 · #3136 « duration of the kalās (phrases) has to be gradually increased from one to six kalās »
p. vol_II_p053 · #600 « Prasannānta is the alaṅkāra. »
p. vol_II_p055 · #624 « प्रसन्नादिरलङ्कारः »
p. vol_II_p064 · #746 « Prasannādi is the alaṅkāra. »
p. vol_II_p071 · #831 « प्रसन्नाद्यन्तोऽलङ्कारः »

alankara_built_from_varna relation Varṇas must be known in order to construct alaṅkāras and similar ornamentation.
alankara_definition definition Alaṅkāras are ornaments adorning the singing that subsists in varṇas, making it delightful; the word
R_2203_001 structural Alaṅkāras structured with repetitive motifs; one or more varṇas govern melodic movement pattern
alankara_count_33 enumeration There are thirty-three well-known alaṅkāras described by name and application.