vol_I_p017 — Bṛhaddeśī

Bṛhaddeśī · Volume I

pp. 4–78folio 017

Devanāgarī (Bṛhaddeśī)

[अनु. ९]

एवमनेन 47[ नि ] दर्शनेन द्वाविंशतिश्रुतयो भवन्ति।

प्रस्तारो यथा-² भुव-यीगा⁷ Ŕ η Ħ Ħ प u A पसर्वन्य Ř η q u Ħ प्र. सार्णा Ř स A η घ P u हि. सरफा Ř ग स A ¥ q Ĥ ч q तृ. सारप्र Ŕ Ħ ग ध. सरणा R Ĥ ų ų स

[अनु. १०]

चलवीणाया प्रथमापकर्षे श्रुतिलाभो नास्ति। द्वितीये ४६चतुःश्रुतिलाभः।

तृतीये षट्श्रुतिलाभः। चतुर्थे द्वादशश्रुतिलाभः।¹⁰ एवं द्वाविंशतिभेदभिन्ना

श्रुत्यो दर्शिता।

[अनु. ११]

इदानी षट्षष्टिभेदभिन्ना श्रुतयः कथ्यन्ते। मन्द्रमध्यतारेषु उरःकण्ठशिरस्सु त्रिषु स्थानेषु प्रत्येकं द्वाविंशतिप्रकारतया भिद्यमानेषु⁴ (का?कं)

श्रुतयो हि षट्षष्टिभेदभिन्ना भवन्तीति केचिन्मन्यन्ते।

अधुना श्रुतीनामानन्त्यं दर्शयामः—

आनन्त्यं तु श्रुतीना चऽ० दर्शयन्ति विपश्चितः ।

~~49हि~~ तु⁵¹ सूचयन्ति यथा ध्वनिविशेषाणामानन्त्यं गगनोदरे ॥२६॥⁸ ⁵²₀ममान

उत्ताल53-पवनोद्वेग-जलराशिसमुद्भवा।

५४कियत्यः प्रतिपद्यन्ते न तरङ्गपरम्परा ॥२७॥ ⁵⁵द्वता 56इमत्यः

।। इति श्रुतीनामानन्त्यं दर्शितम् ।।

English — Sharma (translation)

(Anu. 9) Thus by this demonstration, twenty-two śrutis become (evident).¹ Similarly it should be understood in madhyama-grāma.⁵ The prastāra 40 (chart) is thus

table

prastāra — madhyama-grāma śruti-distribution across 6 vīṇā configurations

configuration	c1	c2	c3	c4	c5	c6	c7	c8	c9	c10	c11	c12	c13	c14
Dhruva Vinā			va		n	ga			ma		pa		dha	ni
Cala Vinā			va		n	ga			ma		pa		dha	ni
I Sāraṇā		va		n	ga		ma		pa		dha	ni
II Sāraṇā	va		n	ga			ma		pa		dha	ni
III Sāraṇā	va		n	ga			ma		pa		dha	ni
IV Sāraṇā		n	ga			ma		pa		dha	ni			va

— The prastāra (chart) is thus (presented)—

In the first lowering on the cala-viņā there is no gain41 of śruti. There is the gain⁴² of four śrutis in the second one, in the third one there is the gain⁴³ of six śrutis, in the fourth one there is the gain44 of twelve śrutis. Thus śrutis have been shown as being differentiated into twenty-two kinds. (Anu. 11) Now śrutis are being shown as being differentiated into sixty-six kinds. Some accept that śrutis are differentiated into sixty-six kinds according to their being differentiated as twenty-two in each of the three sthanas 45 (known as) mandra,

The adept ones show the infinity of śrutis. Thus46 there is the infinity of

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particular dhvanis in the 'belly' of space (ether, gagana). (Or) how many rows of waves do not take effect, being born of the multitude of water disturbed by high-blowing winds (similarly śrutis are said to

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be infinite)!

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Sanskrit attestations (10)

1.[attribution]Brihaddesi systematically demonstrates the theory of śrutis through grāma systems and their instrumental manifestationsएवमनेन नि दर्शनेन द्वाविंशतिश्रुतयो भवन्ति।

2.[definition]Prastāra is a chart or systematic presentation used to demonstrate śrutis in different grāmasप्रस्तारो यथा-

3.[definition]Sthanas are three registers known as mandra, madhya, and tāra, corresponding to chest, throat, and cerebrumमन्द्रमध्यतारेषु उरःकण्ठशिरस्सु त्रिषु स्थानेषु

4.[enumeration]Śrutis are differentiated into sixty-six kinds: twenty-two in each of three sthanasइदानी षट्षष्टिभेदभिन्ना श्रुतयः कथ्यन्ते। मन्द्रमध्यतारेषु उरःकण्ठशिरस्सु त्रिषु स्थानेषु प्रत्येकं द्वाविंशतिप्रकारतया भिद्यमानेषु

5.[relation]Madhyama-grāma should be understood similarly to the demonstration of śrutis shown in Śaḍja-grāmaएवं मध्यमग्रामे द्र्ष्टव्यम्।

6.[relation]The infinity of śrutis is shown through analogy to the infinite number of sound variations in spaceआनन्त्यं तु श्रुतीना चऽ० दर्शयन्ति विपश्चितः । तु सूचयन्ति यथा ध्वनिविशेषाणामानन्त्यं गगनोदरे

7.[relation] ⇄Dhruva Vinā is an instrument presented in the prastāra chart for demonstrating śrutisभुव-यीगा

8.[structural]Dhvanis (particular sounds) are infinite in number, compared to waves in waterयथा ध्वनिविशेषाणामानन्त्यं गगनोदरे ॥२६॥

9.[structural]Through the demonstration of grāma systems, twenty-two śrutis become evidentएवमनेन नि दर्शनेन द्वाविंशतिश्रुतयो भवन्ति।

10.[structural]Cala-viņā is an instrument where śrutis are gained through successive lowerings: none in first, four in second, six in third, twelve in fourthचलवीणाया प्रथमापकर्षे श्रुतिलाभो नास्ति। द्वितीये चतुःश्रुतिलाभः। तृतीये षट्श्रुतिलाभः। चतुर्थे द्वादशश्रुतिलाभः।

English attestations (4)

1.[attribution] ⇄Brihaddesi systematically demonstrates the theory of śrutis through grāma systems and their instrumental manifestationsThus by this demonstration, twenty-two śrutis become (evident).

5.[relation] ⇄Madhyama-grāma should be understood similarly to the demonstration of śrutis shown in Śaḍja-grāmaSimilarly it should be understood in madhyama-grāma.

7.[relation]Dhruva Vinā is an instrument presented in the prastāra chart for demonstrating śrutisDhruva Vinã

9.[structural] ⇄Through the demonstration of grāma systems, twenty-two śrutis become evidentThus by this demonstration, twenty-two śrutis become (evident).

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