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APPENDIX I.
Ed. 103, p. 45. One half (of swans), two-thirds of the remaining, three.
fourths of the (then) remaining and four-fifths of the (then) remaining went away after flying somewhere, and another triad of swans is seen keeping a company. Oh intellegent (individual)! tell (me) as to how many swans were in that group.
Ans. 360.
Ec. 104, p. 46. One-fifth of the swarm of unsteady and large black bees
went to a mango-tree, one-eighth to a lotus, their difference (vivara) i. e., k-(= ) multiplied by two, plus its half (i. e. 2) remained on a kunda (flower), six times half of the difference between those bees which stayed on the kunda (flower) and those on the mango-tree, together with its one-third multiplied by three and lessened by its one-third (i. e. by kx-2) resorted to a jātī creeper, and a decuple of bees is seen seated on a blossom of a tilaku tree. Oh clever (individual)! if you know (vis'leşajāti), tell me quickly the number of the swarm of bees.
Ans. 40.
mango-tree, together
by 1x240) resor
of a tilalu tree.
Ex. 105, p. 49. If the (number equal to the ) square-root of the collection
of leaves of blue-petalled lotuses used as an ornament for ears by a woman having beautiful eye-brows, fell on a bed on it being struck during the sport with (her) lover, and if two-thirds of the remaining as well as the square-root of the (then) remaining fell on the ground, and if a pair of leaves were seen, say how many leaves that blue lotus had.
Ans. 16.
E.. 106, p. 50. Three times the square-root of the group of parrots
went to fields of rice, after having flown. One-tenth of the remaining resorted to mango trees full of fruits. Three times the square-root of what then remained fell ( a victim) to the snare of a hunter and thus became subject to adversity. Oh learned (man)! if you know (s'esamülajāti), then let the number of that group of parrots be now told,
Ans. 25.
Ex. 107, p. 51. One-third of the herd of deer along with its one-third
fled owing to fear from a tiger. The square-root of the total number longing for singing, bereft of mouthfuls and having the eyes
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1 This difference is equal to 2%-} i. e. to 2 This comes to 24 3 This comes to me 4 Cf. Ganitasārasangraha p. 49 (v. 23-27).
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