Mātṛkā has two contexts: mother-goddesses and primary unit of language; Matanga uses it as primary unit of tonal sound (more subtle than śruti)
Body (pseudocode)
DEFINE matrika:
contexts = {
religious: 'mother-goddesses',
linguistic: 'primary unit of syllabic sound',
musical_matanga: 'primary unit of tonal sound, more subtle than shruti'
}
Inputs / output
→ concept_definition
Evidence (1)
p. vol_I_p091 · #3002« Matanga has referred to mātrkā as the primary unit of syllabic sound... the mātṛkās of śrutis would mean the primary unit of tonal sound, more subtle than śruti »
Other rules on this concept (2)
R_2148_001structural Mātṛkā formation: iḍā and piṅgalā move vakra (crooked)
R_289_matrkasrelation Mātṛkās = subtle bases related to śrutis through a numeric correspondence.
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R_c17_apanyasa · apanyāsa · apanyāsa = svara de cadence intermédiaire (avant fin), interne aux vidārīs, jama