Kākali = niṣāda; reached after antara (gandhāra) in ascending pattern
Body (pseudocode)
IDENTIFY kākali AS niṣāda; ORDER ascend(antara_gandhāra) -> ascend(kākali_niṣāda) -> reach(sthāyi_svara)
Inputs / output
antara_gandhāra
—
→ svara_identification
Evidence (1)
p. vol_I_p057 · #2598« having ascended to the antara (gandhāra) and in the same order having ascended to the kākali (niṣāda) the sthāyi-svara is reached »
Other rules on this concept (1)
R_kakali_roleassignment Kākalī designates the altered (vikṛta) niṣāda; in many grāma-rāgas niṣāda (and sometimes gāndhāra as