dhruvas_no_excessive_stretch

validation · concept: dhruvā · 2 attestation(s) · confidence 0.95

Excessive syllable stretching via alaṅkāras is undesirable in dhruvās because text-meaning comprehension by the listener is primary.

Body (pseudocode)

forbid(excessive_stretching(syllable, D)) ; reason := preserve(text_meaning_comprehension)

dhruva —

→ constraint

p. vol_I_p080 · #2862 « excessive stretching is avowedly undesirable in dhruvās. »
p. vol_I_p102 · #3139 « comprehension of meaning of text by the listener is very important and hence stretching of the syllables of the text is not desirable. »

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