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canonical works. For a discussion about the derivations of the formulas of Mahāvīra and Nārāyaṇa, see Hayashi 1992.
A fish (maccha): Approximation either by an elliptic cylinder or by a rectangular solid.
joyanasahassāyāmapuộcusadussehatadaddhavitthāramahāmacchakhetiam pi samkhejjāni pumāmaghaņaṁgulāmi horti ||
(For) the field of a big fish, too, whose length (a), height (h) and width (b) are respectively one thousand joyaņas, five hundred joyaņas, and its half, a countable number of cubic pumāņa-amgulas are produced (as its volume). (Dhavalā on CK 1.3.2; vol. 4, p. 36)
V=n pamāņa-amgula),
where n is a countable number. The figure meant here is not certain since no computation is given.
A god (deva) : Approximation by an irregular(?) cylinder.
tesim ogāhaṇā sattahatthussehā amgulaguņaņāe atlisadussedhaṁgulupumāņā edassa dasabhāgavikkhambhā || kudo jado devamaņussuņeraiyaūņam ussedho dasanavaatihatālapamāṇena bhanido || puno vāsaddham vaggiya viguņiya atíhasațihisadussedhamgulehi guniya ghaṇīkadapaṁcusadurgulehi ovattide pamānaghaņaṁgulassa sumkhejjadibhāgo āgacchadi |
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