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APPENDIX I
Ex. 114, p. 59. A portion equal to what is obtained by multipling fivetwenty-fifths of a bamboo with three-fiftieths is seen by me. Having reflected upon, oh ārya! tell me quickly the measure of the bamboo1.
Ans. 40 (hastas).
Ex. 115, p. 60. (The number equal to) 18 times the square-root of oneeighth of the herd of elephants resembling a cloud (surcharged) with water and having their temples moist on account of the flow of rut trickling (therefrom), wanders on the top of a mountain. Other 18 (elephants) are seen as fear-stricken on hearing the roaring of a young one of a lion. Oh ganitavid! if you have taken pains in this connection, count as to what the number of elephants is. Ans. 72.
Ex. 116, p. 61. Nine times the square-root of two-thirds of the herd of swans went to the sky. Six times the square-root of three-fifths of the remainder perished. And oh friend! three times eight swans are seen. (Tell me) how many they were (in) all. Ans. 150.
Ex. 117, p. 63. The square of the three-fifth part of peacocks lessened by six is playing inside a mountain. But six are seen as having gone inside a forest. Tell (me) quickly the strength of their herd. Ans. 15.
Ex. 118, p. 64. Thrice the eighth part of the herd (of viskas) is halved and then diminished by 16 viskas. (The number equal to that remainder) multiplied by itself is playing in the interior of a mountain, and four times (that sixteen) are wandering in a forest. (Tell me the total number of the viskas).
Ans. 128.
Ex. 119, p. 66. Oh friend! if you know pāṭī, tell me what that number is, which when multiplied by 5, then increased by 9, then reduced to square-root, then decreased by 2, then squared, and then lessened by 1, and then divided by 8, oh ganaka! certainly comes to 3. Ans. 8.
Ex. 120, p. 67. Oh young woman with unsteady eyes! if you indeed know the correct vilomakriya (operation of inversion) tell (me) that number which when multiplied by 3, increased by three-fourths of it, divided by 7, lessened by one-third of it, multiplied by itself, lessened by 52, reduced to square-root, increased by 8 and divided by 10 comes to 2.
5: 3x
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This means solving the equation: 5X50+25=x.
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Ans. 28.
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