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I shall give below how the arrangement should be made according to Baterias 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 agn = 2 fasts; B = 3 fasts... SIFILASH = 17 fasts. Arranging accordingly we will have the matbematical 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, Ex3, 4, 3, 2. Thus in all there will be in one series 1 year, 3 months and 22 days and nights i. e. 36C+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 (90%). These changes have been expressed in the 9E79T:-In the first series, on the qurms, the observer can indulge in all sorts of desire; in the second series, on aftur days, he can take all sorts of food except faire food; in the third series, he has to take meals without the smearing of parte foods; and in the fourth series he has to satisfy himself with Āyam bila gruel.
