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CHAPTER VI-MIXED PROBLEMS.
Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
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The possible number (of the varieties of stanzas in the given metre) is multiplied by two and (then) diminished by one. This result gives (the measure of what is called) adhvan, (wherein an interval equivalent to a stanza is conceived to exist between every two successive varieties in the metre).
Examples in illustration thereof.
337. In relation to the metre made up of 3 syllables, tell me quickly the six things to be known--viz., (1) the (maximum) number (of possible stanzas in the metre), (2) the manner of arrangement (of the syllables in those stanzas), (3) the arrangement of the syllables (in a given variety of the stanza, the ordinal position whereof among the possible varieties in the metre is known), (4) the ordinal position (of a given stanza), (5) the number (of stanzas in the given metro containing any given number) of short or long syllables, and (6) the (quantity known as) adhvan.
Thus ends the process of summation of scries in the chapter on mixed problems.
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Thus ends the fifth subject of treatment, known as Mixed Problems, in Sarasangraha, which is a work on arithmetic by Mahaviracarya.
