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Numbers in the first columns of the figures are numbers of the lagakriya, i.e., nC, for n-4, r=0,1, ..", 4 (Gig. 1) and n=5, r%D0, 1, "", 5 (Fig.2). Merukriya
The rule for the merukri ya contained in the Ratpa Mañjūşā may be statedil as given below.
Starting from above, numbers in a row give the 'serial numbers of variations of the metre having 0, 1, 2, ... monosyllabic letters, in order.
In the above figures, starting from above, numbers in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th etc. rows are the serial numbers of variations of the metre containing 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4 etc. monosyllabic letters, in order, a midst all variations of the metre having 4 or 5 letters, as the case may be. The expansions of such metres have been given tarlier.
Rm., viii, 9 (p. 39). The author writes in short, एकद्वयादिलगक्रियाङ्कसमसंख्यानेषु कोष्ठान्तरे
ब्वेकादीन् द्विगुणानधो विरचयेत्तांश्चौध्वंमेकोनकान् । इत्यन्तावधि मेरुरेष महितः स्याद्वर्धमानाह्वयः
छन्दस्येकलगादिवृत्तजननस्थानं त्विह ज्ञायते ॥९॥
The author repeats, एकद्वयादिलग क्रियाप्तगणनामानप्रमाणालयः
मेरुक्ष्माधरव द्विवरच्य खाटिकोत्कीर्णैरथादयालये । वृत्तं न्यस्य तदादिमं द्विगुणयंस्तस्याप्यधः स्थापयेत् ।
एकोनेन तदोपरि प्रतिलिखेदेवं हि मेरुक्रिया ॥१०॥
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