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2] Bāhubali- Kosala Prince- Gommata
It is not like the 15th digit of the moon, not like the 16th digit. It is the 17th digit. It is not like the 18th which is eclipsed; not like the 19th which is free from eclipse.
Poet W. B. Yeats wrote a book on the twenty-eight digits of the moon. Twenty-eight splits into 17 and 11. The 17 does not know waxing or waning. It is neither the full moon nor the new moon. The uniqueness of 17 is outstanding like the statues of Bahubali in Karnataka.
Sri Vidyāraṇya in his Pañcadasi, Ch. I, V. 23 says:
Buddhikarmendriya prāņa pañcakairmanasa dhiya Šariram saptadašabhi sūkşmam tallingamucyate 11 23 11
The five vital elements = the five and five buddhi and karma along with manas and dhi < 5 + 5 + 5 + 2 = 17.
Many other pathfinders have referred to 17. It gives the milk of immortality. The statue of Gommaţa- Bahubali - the Kosala Prince stands for immortality. These two numbers are further associated with 1, 370 and 407. A Mathematical Apology by G. H. Hardy on page 105 refers to these numbers as merely amusing.
If people interested in Jainology take further interest in this finding, I will say some more things which will cast a flood of light on the creative process. Till then the interested will meditate on the number 3149608725. This number is monumental like Bahubali- the Kosala Prince- the Gommaţa.
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