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THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE JAINAS.
श्रेणी सूच्यंगुलादिम तृतीयपदभाजितैकोना । सामान्य मनुष्यराशिः पञ्चमकृतिघनसमाः पूर्णाः ॥ १५७ ॥
157. (If we ) divide the ( Universal) line (Jagat Shreni) by the square-root of a linear finger (Súchiangula), and divide the quotient by the third root (of a linear finger), (and then ) subtract one (therefrom), (we obtain) the total number of all human beings (in the universe). (The number of) Developable (human beings alone) is equal to the cube of 2 squared 5 times, ( expressed algebraically, {(((((2) 2) 2) 2) 2) 243
तललीन मधुगविमलं धमसिलागाविचोरभयमेरू । तटहरिखझसा होंति हु माणुसपज्जत्तसंखंका ॥ १५८ ॥ तललीन मधुग विमलं धूमसिलागा विचोर भय मेरू । तटहरि खझ सां भवन्ति हु मानुषपर्याप्त संख्याङ्काः ॥ १५८ ॥ 158. The number of the developable human souls is 79,22,81,62,51,42,64,33,75,93,54,39,50,336.
Commentary.
The number in the text is indicated by letters. The system is the following:
क ख ग घ ङ च छ ज झ 1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8
9
प
फ ब 1 2 3
म
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भ
4 5
ट
1
य
1
ठ ड
2 3
ढ ण त थ 4 5 6 7
द ध 8 9
र
ल व श ष
स ह
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
A vowel,
signifies a zero.
A mátra, the half-letter coming above in a conjunct consonant does not count.
The rule is
कटपय पुरस्थवर्णैर्नवनव पञ्चाष्ट कल्पितैः क्रमशः । स्वरजन शून्यं संख्या मात्रो परिमातरं त्याज्यं ।
The numbers represented by letters are written from right to left, in calculation.
पज्जत्तमगुस्साणं तिचउत्थो माणुसीण परिमाणं । सामण्णा पुराणूणा मणुव अपज्जत्तगा होंति ॥ १५६ ॥
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