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R_283_utkarsa
Utkarṣa = augmentation/raising of pitch (notably of pañcama) used to measure śruti intervals and effect grāma transformation.
Body (pseudocode)
DEFINE utkarsa(svara) := raise_pitch(svara) -> shifts_sruti_interval; APPLY in grama_transformation WHEN murchana changes WITH utkarsa(gandhara)
Inputs / output
→ pitch_modification
Evidence (2)
- « The difference of that (pañcama) through utkarşa (augmentation) and apakarşa (diminution) »
- « transformation of one grāma into another through change of murchana with utkarşa of gandhara »
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