RULE id: ratilekhā (1171) SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_II_p122) SCOPE: technical_term family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE) CONCEPT: Ratilekhā STATUS: empirical ASSERTIONS: - [structural] Ratilekhā has eleven mātrās in each of the first two feet -- p.vol_II_p122 "Where there are rudra55 numbered (eleven) mātrās in (each of the first) two feet" - [structural] Ratilekhā is characterized by gaṇa (rhythmic pattern) named rati -- p.vol_II_p122 "measured according to the gaņa named rati57 (and) endowed with dhātu58 (tonal-cum-rhymthic structure)" CITED_RULES: - dhātus (structural) - gaņa (structural) - mātrās (structural) CONFIDENCE: empirical PROTECT: false