RULE id: mātṛkā (102)
SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_I_p020, vol_I_p083, vol_I_p091, vol_I_p094)
SCOPE: technical_term family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE)
CONCEPT: Mātṛkā
STATUS: empirical

ASSERTIONS:
  - [relation] Mātṛkās are subtle bases related to śrutis in a numeric correspondence
    -- p.vol_I_p020 "how many are they in relation to mātṛkās"
  - [attribution] Varņa and its matrix mātrkā are identified as the 'light of the world'
    -- p.vol_I_p083 "When varya and its matrix mātrkā is said to be the 'light of the world', the idea would be that sound is the origin of all manifest forms."
  - [definition] Mātṛkā has two major contexts of usage: mother-goddesses and the primary unit of language; Matanga refers to mātṛkā as the primary unit of syllabic sound and the primary unit of tonal sound
    -- p.vol_I_p091 "Mātṛkā is a word with two major contexts of usage. One is the context of mother-goddesses... and the other is the primary unit of language... Matanga has referr"
  - [structural] The movement of iḍā and pingalā in the formation of matrkās is vakra (crooked)
    -- p.vol_I_p094 "speaking of the formation of matrkās has said that the movement of ida and pingalā is vakra ( crooked )"

CITED_RULES:
  - matanga  (definition)
  - varņa  (attribution)
  - śrutis  (definition)
  - śrutis  (relation)

CONFIDENCE: empirical
PROTECT: false