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GRAHABEDAM AND SYMMETRIES

 
The same process can be continued to obtain all the twelve digits. Note that the first digit is always 1 to indicate the use of Sa. In the case of melakartas, Pa is always used and thus, the eighth digit is always 1. Further, all melakartas use seven and only seven swaras and thus the notation always contains seven ones and five zeros. In general, the number of ones in the notation denotes the number of swaras used in that raga. 

The following list gives the number strings corresponding to the twelve chakrams and the Pa-Sri.. designations. Note that the Purvangam is represented by seven digits and the uttarangam by five digits.

The purvangam notations carry a 1 in parenthesis to indicate that the next swara is Sa, which is always present. 

Indu 1110010 Rishi 1110001 Pa 11100(1)
Netra 1101010 Vasu 110100 Sri 11010(1)
Agni 1100110 Brahma 1100101 Go 11001(1)
Veda 1011010 Disi 1011001 Bhu 10110(1)
Bana 1010110 Rudra 1010101 Ma 10101(1)
Ruthu 1001110 Aditya 1001101 Sha 10011(1)

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