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I shall give below how the arrangement should be made according to 's commentary (P. 101.) Otherwise to fit in the time calculation as given in the text the following arrangement is suggested by Prof. Barnett. Two meals = 1 fast day; thus चउत्थ = 2 fasts; छठ्ठ = 3 fasts... = 17 fasts. Arranging accordingly we will have the mathematical series: 2, 3, 4, 8x3, 2, 3, 4, 5. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 34x3, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, Sx3, 4, 3, 2. Thus in all there will be in one series 1 year, 3 months and 22 days and nights i. e. 360+90+22=472 days in all. The year and the month are lunar, thus having 360 and 30 days respectively. Thus one series is of 1 year, 3 months and 22 days; similar three more series, the observer has to go through with changes in food on fast-breaking days (R). These changes have been expressed in the :-In the first
series, on the s, the observer can indulge in all sorts of desire; in the second series, on days, he can take all sorts of food except fans food; in the third series, he has to take meals without the smearing of fag foods; and in the fourth series he has to satisfy himself with Ayambila gruel.
