RULE id: sthāna (130)
SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_I_p031, vol_I_p032, vol_I_p047, vol_I_p050, vol_I_p082...)
SCOPE: core_concept family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE)
CONCEPT: sthāna
STATUS: canonical

RECORD:
  structural_components = Five such locations are identified; viz. the navel, chest, throat, palate or cerebrum and mouth, the first and the last being omitted in music  -- p.vol_I_p082

ASSERTIONS:
  - [definition] Dhaivata svara is known as such because it is held on the sixth sthana (location)
    -- p.vol_I_p031 "षष्ठस्थाने धृतो यस्मात्तेनासौ धैवतो मतः"
  - [definition] Sthāna is the place of articulation from which a svara is produced
    -- p.vol_I_p032 "know that as the beautiful svara, associated with the number (five) of vyoma (space)74 and born of the ostha (lip)75 sthāna."
  - [relation] The term vaina (pertaining to vina) is included to encompass registers that could not be described in human vocal range
    -- p.vol_I_p047 "The inclusion of the adjective vaina 46 (pertaining to viņā) (for svara) is in order to encompass the sthana (register or range) that could not be described in "
  - [relation] Treatment of murchanas is for the sake of obtaining three sthanas
    -- p.vol_I_p050 "मूर्छनानिर्देशः स्थानित्रतयप्राप्त्यर्थमिति"
  - [definition] Sthāna stands for the location of sound in the human body, with five such locations identified
    -- p.vol_I_p082 "Sthāna stands for location of sound in the human body. Five such locations are identified; viz. the navel, chest, throat, palate or cerebrum and mouth, the firs"
  - [structural] The navel and mouth locations are omitted in music
    -- p.vol_I_p082 "Five such locations are identified; viz. the navel, chest, throat, palate or cerebrum and mouth, the first and the last being omitted in music."
  - [definition] Three registers (low, middle, high) are the three sthānas, each with definite location in the body and heard as one unit
    -- p.vol_I_p087 "Low ( mandra ), middle ( madhya ) and high ( tāra ) are the three sthānas (registers). Sthana lit. means location and these three have definite location in the "
  - [definition] The word sthana is used in the sense of smallest intervals, with 66 total intervals across three registers (22×3)
    -- p.vol_I_p100 "The word sthana is used here in the sense of smallest intervals that would be 22x3=66 in the three sthanas (registers)."

CITED_RULES:
  - dhaivata  (definition)
  - madhya  (definition)
  - mandra  (definition)
  - mūrchanā  (relation)
  - svaras  (definition)
  - svaras  (relation)
  - tāra  (definition)
  - viņā  (relation)

CONFIDENCE: canonical
PROTECT: true