RULE id: grāmaņi (2140) SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_I_p093) SCOPE: technical_term family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE) CONCEPT: grāmaņi STATUS: traditional ASSERTIONS: - [relation] grāmaņi relates to the beginning of the śruti-maṇḍala, with ṣaḍja and madhyama functioning as leaders of two grāmas -- p.vol_I_p093 "since ṣaḍja and madhyama are 'leaders' of the two grāmas they are placed 'first' in terms of space" CONFIDENCE: traditional PROTECT: false