RULE id: cakras (291)
SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_I_p031, vol_I_p096)
SCOPE: technical_term family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE)
CONCEPT: cakras
STATUS: empirical

ASSERTIONS:
  - [relation] Svaras are seven in number on account of being dependent on or dwelling in seven cakras
    -- p.vol_I_p031 "तथा सप्तचक्राश्रितत्वेन सप्तद्वीपाश्रितत्वेन वा सप्तैव स्वरा इति।"
  - [structural] The number of cakras is generally accepted as six, eight or ten
    -- p.vol_I_p096 "The number of cakras (psychophysical centres in the human body visualised as circles, cakras or lotuses, padmas) is generally accepted as six, eight or ten"
  - [enumeration] Seven cakras are enumerated with specific locations: ādhāra, svādhişṭhāna, anāhata, maņipūra, višuddhi, ājñā and brahmarandhra
    -- p.vol_I_p096 "viz. ādhāra, svādhişṭhāna, anāhata, maņipūra, višuddhi, ājñā and brahmarandhra"

CITED_RULES:
  - adhara  (enumeration)
  - anāhata  (enumeration)
  - brahmarandhra  (enumeration)
  - svaras  (relation)

CONFIDENCE: empirical
PROTECT: false