RULE id: श्रुतिमण्डलम् (1680)
SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_I_p022)
SCOPE: technical_term family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE)
CONCEPT: श्रुतिमण्डलम्
STATUS: empirical

ASSERTIONS:
  - [structural] śruti-maṇḍala is a system for locating svaras (melodic notes) by counting transgressions of śrutis (microtonal intervals)
    -- p.vol_I_p022 "Now I shall speak of the śruti-maṇḍala of madhyama (- grāma). This Madhyama (having four śrutis) should be known (located), having transgressed three"
  - [structural] In madhyama-grāma, śadja is located on the fourth śruti after transgressing three śrutis
    -- p.vol_I_p022 "Having transgressed three śrutis then is (located) şadja on the fourth (śruti)."
  - [structural] In madhyama-grāma, pañcama is located on the third śruti after transgressing two śrutis
    -- p.vol_I_p022 "Having transgressed two śrutis (on the third śruti) should be (located) pañcama."
  - [structural] In madhyama-grāma, niṣāda is located on the second śruti after transgressing one śruti
    -- p.vol_I_p022 "Having transgressed one (śruti) niṣāda is known on the second (śruti)."
  - [structural] In madhyama-grāma, ṛṣabha is located on the third śruti after leaving two śrutis
    -- p.vol_I_p022 "Ṛṣabha is later (on) the third (śruti), leaving two (śrutis)."
  - [structural] In madhyama-grāma, dhaivata is located on the fourth śruti after transgressing three śrutis from pañcama
    -- p.vol_I_p022 "Thence having transgressed three (srutis) (on) the fourth (śruti) is dhaivata."
  - [structural] In madhyama-grāma, gāndhāra is located on the second śruti after transgressing one śruti from ṛṣabha
    -- p.vol_I_p022 "Having transgressed one śruti, (on) the second (śruti) is gāndhāra."

CONFIDENCE: empirical
PROTECT: false