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For example, a wood piece is 20 fingers thick as the base and 16 fingers thick at the top. It is 100 fingers in length. If it is sawed at four places, what will be its sawed up measure in hands? The thickness of the base and the top are added, 20+10= 36. This is divided by 2, giving 36/2 = 18. This is multiplied by length, resulting in 100 x 18 1800. Then this is multiplied by the number of sawing processes. giving 1800 x 4 7200. This is divided by 576. getting 7200/576 12.5. This sawing is measured in terms of hands`.
JAIN MATHEMATICS AND KARMAVAD 143
The commentator of the Sthananga has not given all types of examples falling under various operations. It was perhaps left for super intelligent practitioners of mathematics.
The commentator has quoted a verse while describing 'Pandanika Shabd' in the beginning of the exposition of the Sutrakratang 2/1. In it ten types of mathematics have been mentioned. Out of these nine types are similar to those in the Sthananga. Only one type has been mentioned differently - the word 'kalpa' of the Sthananga is not there, instead the word 'Pudgala' finds mention which is not available in the Sthananga.
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