countR_069_alankara_structural_role structural Alaṅkāra is an ornamental melodic phrase essential to gīti, with 33 forms whose duration spans 1-6 kalankara_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 wordR_2203_001 structural Alaṅkāras structured with repetitive motifs; one or more varṇas govern melodic movement patternenumeration