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Technical Terms
(1) Paryav or Prayaya samkhya-is the number of modes, alternatives or properties Each syllable is said to have infinite modes. (2) Akshar samkhya-is the number of alphabets like 'a' It is said to be 64.
(3) Sanghat samkhya-is the number of compounds of two or more alphabets.
(4) Pad samkhya-is the number of meaningful phrases or sentences. (5) Paad samkhya-is the number of quarters of a verse (shlok etc.). (6) Gatha samkhya-is the number of Gathas (specific metric verses like Arya in Prakrit language).
(7) Shlok samkhya-is the number of Shlokas (metric verses like Anushtup in Sanskrit language)
(8) Vedh or Veshtak samkhya-is the number of Veshtaks (a specific type of metric verse).
(9) Niryukti samkhya-is the number of Niryuktis (the proper arrangement of words and parts of speech and their meanings).
(10) Anuyogadvar samkhya-is the number of anuyogadvars (doors of disquisition or approaches of understanding the meaning of a text)
(11) Uddesh samkhya-is the number of sections of chapters generally included in one discourse or study
(12) Adhyayan samkhya-is the number of chapters (independent composite sections of a book).
(13) Shrutskandh samkhya-is the number of Shrutskandhs (a group of chapters combined to make a part of the book, volume).
(14) Anga samkhya-is the number of Angas (the name given to the books making the corpus of basic Jain scriptures said to have been propagated by a Tirthankar, viz Acharanga)
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