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THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE JAINAS.
अडकोडिएयलक्खा असहस्सा य एयसदिगं च। पएणत्तरि वरणाओ पइण्णयाणं पमाणं तु ॥ ३५१ ॥ अष्टकोट्ये कलक्षाणि अष्टसहस्राणि च एकशतं च । पञ्चसप्ततिः वर्णाः प्रकीर्णकानां प्रमाणं तु ॥ ३५१ ॥
351. (The total) number of (unrepeated) letters in the (14) Prakirnakas is eight crores, one lac, eight thousand one hundred and seventy-five, (8,01,08,175.)
तेत्तीस वेंजणाइं सत्तावीसा सरा तहा भणिया। चत्तारि य जोगवहा चउसट्ठी मूलवण्णाओं ॥ ३५२ ॥ त्रयस्त्रिंशत् व्यञ्जनानि सप्तविंशतिः स्वरास्तथा भणिताः । चत्वारश्च योगवहाः चतुःषष्टिः मूलवणः॥ ३५२ ॥
352. Thirty three consonants (Vyanjana), 27 Vowel sounds (i. e, slight, hrisva; long, Dírgha; prolonged, Pluta; of each of the 9 vowels, a (अ), i (इ), u (उ), ri (ऋ), lri (लू), e (ए), ai (ऐ), ० (श्रो), au (नौ), and 4 mixed sounds (Yogaváha) ;. e. Anusvára (--). Visarga ( : ), the gutteral sound formed at the roof of the tongue (Jihvá-múliya) i. e. the visarga or h (:) before K (क) and Kh (ख) and the aspirate visarga h (:) before P (प) and Ph (फ), formed by the lips, therefore called Upadhmáníya from Upadhmáns (lip) -- are the 64 root-letters or representations of sounds (Mula-Varna.)
Commentary. These 64 are without beginning Anádí, and without end, Ananta. चउसहिपदं विरलिय दुगं च दाऊण संगुणं किच्चा। रूऊणं च कुए पुण सुदरमाणस्सक्खरा होति ॥ ३५३ ॥ चतुःषष्टिपदं विरलयित्वा द्विकं च दत्त्वा संगुणं कृत्वा । रूपोनं च कृते पुनः श्रुतज्ञानस्याक्षराणि भवन्ति ।। ३५३ ।।
353. Having distributed the 64 letters (i. e. having put down figure 1 in 64 places) and placing 2 (on every one) (then) multiplying (all the twos) with each other (i. e, raising two to the power of sixty four. 2G), and
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