R_c39_murchana_devanagari

definition · concept: मूर्छना · 7 attestation(s) · confidence 0.95

mūrchanā = mouvement mélodique débutant par un svara donné, étymologie mūrch (infatuation) + samucchrāya (croissance); ce par quoi le rāga croît

Body (pseudocode)

FUNCTION construct_murchana(start_svara, jati): # etymology: murch (growth) + samucchraya (increase) murchana := sequence_of_svaras(start=start_svara, length=7) # e.g. Gandharodicyava -> begins with dhaivata # e.g. hexatonic andhri -> begins with madhyama ASSERT murchana[0] == start_svara RETURN murchana # vehicle of raga growth

Inputs / output

`starting_svara`	—
`context`	—

→ melodic_progression

Evidence (7)

p. vol_II_p038 · #441 « the mūrchanā beginning with dhaivata obtains. »
p. vol_II_p044 · #508 « The mūrchanā beginning with madhyama obtains. »
p. vol_II_p061 · #698 « The mūrchanā beginning with dhaivata obtains. »
p. vol_II_p125 · #1481 « मूर्छना नादसहिता सैला लक्ष्मीरिति स्मृता »
p. vol_I_p035 · #2362 « Now the murchanas that befit the occasion or context are being spoken of. »
p. vol_I_p035 · #2364 « mūrch stands for moha... and samucchrāya (increase, growth). »
p. vol_I_p035 · #2367 « That through which raga grows or increases, is called mūrchanā. »

R_c39_murchana_devanagari

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