alankara_built_from_varna

relation · concept: alaṅkāra · 2 attestation(s) · confidence 0.90

Varṇas must be known in order to construct alaṅkāras and similar ornamentation.

Body (pseudocode)

build(alankara) requires knowledge(varnas)

varnas —

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p. vol_I_p052 · #2538 « These varnas ought to be known for the sake of the structuring of alankāras and the like »
p. vol_I_p053 · #2554 « Ornament is being spoken of by the word alaṅkāra »

R_069_alankara_structural_role structural Alaṅkāra is an ornamental melodic phrase essential to gīti, with 33 forms whose duration spans 1-6 k
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.