सङ्गीतरत्नाकर: प्रथम भाग (शार्ङ्गदेव - स्वरगताध्याय सविस्तार व्याख्या व अनुवाद सहित)

DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter I
The Treatment of Svara
Verse Nos.
Section 1 : Introductory 1-49b
(i) Propitiation ... 1
(ii) Author's lineage ... 2-8
(iii) Author's personality and the purpose of his
undertaking ... 9-14
(iv) The predecessors of the author ... 15-21b
(v) The definition of saṅgīta : its classification as
mārga and deśī ... 21c-24b
(vi) The predominance of gītam ... 24c-25b
(vii) The importance and significance of gītam
(melody) ... 25c-30
(viii) Synopsis of the work ... 31-49b
Section 2 : The Genesis of Human Embodiment 1-168b
A. Introduction ... 1-3
(i) The importance of nāda ... 1-2
(ii) Twofold nāda, justification for the treatment of
human embodiment ... 3
B. Genesis : The metaphysical viewpoint ... 4-22
(i) The nature of Brahman ... 4-5c
(ii) The nature of jīva (individual being) ... 5d 8a
(iii) The subtle body ... 8b-9b
(iv) The cycle of creation and destruction ... 9c-10
(v) The relation of jīva and Brahman ... 11-12b
(vi) The physical manifestation ... 12c-15
(vii) Types of physical bodies ... 16-17b
(viii) The purpose of dealing with the human body ... 17cd
(ix) The descent of jīva into the womb ... 18-22
C. Genesis : The physical and the physiological viewpoint 23-119
(i) The development of the embryo ... 23-41
(ii) The birth of the child ... 42
(iii) The eternity of jīva (inferred) ... 43
(iv) The six substances (bhāva-s) of the (foetal) body ... 44-56b
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(v) Five great elements (mahābhūta-s) and the
human body ... 56c-71b
(iv) The constitution of bodies : Threefold classi-
fication ... 71c-74
(vii) Six organs of the human body ... 75abc
(viii) Sub-organs of the human body ... 75c-119

1. Author's proposal to deal with
   the sub-organs ... (75)
2. Skins and membranes ... (76-78)
3. Supportive tissues ... (79-80)
4. The receptacles (āśaya-s) ... (81-82b)
5. Heart as the seat of intelli-
   gence ... (82c-83c)
6. The three states of conscious-
   ness ... (83d-86b)
7. The nine canals (srota-s) ... (86c-87)
8. Plexuses, clusters, fleshy bands
   and sutures ... (88-89)
9. Bones, their number and types ... (90-92b)
10. Bone-joints, their number and
    types ... (92c-94b)
11. The number of other joints ... (94cd)
12. Ligaments ... (95-96)
13. Muscles ... (97-100)
14. The number of arteries and
    veins ... (101)
15. The number of major and
    minor vessels of vital essence ... (102-105b)
16. The arteries carrying lymph-
    chyle (rasa) ... (105c-113)
17. The vital parts (marmasthāna-s) ... (114ab)
18. Hair on the body, beard and
    the head ... (114c-116a)
19. The measure of fluids in the
    human body ... (116b-118)
20. Concluding remarks ... (119)
    D. Genesis : The psychophysical viewpoint ... 120-163
    (i) The cakra-s (psychophysical centres) 120-145b
21. Ādhāra-cakra and kuṇḍalinī ... (120-122b)
22. Svādhiṣṭhāna-cakra ... (122c-124b)
23. Maṇipūraka-cakra ... (124c-126b)
24. Anāhata-cakra ... (126c-129b)