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O friend, tell me quickly the sum of:
eight original: "stamberamā," meaning elephants,
four original: "jaladhayo," meaning oceans,
five original: "viṣayā," meaning the senses,
seven original: "mahīdhrāḥ," meaning mountains,
two original: "pakṣa," meaning wings or fortnights,
one original: "indavo," meaning the moon,
twenty-four original: "jinaguṇā," referring to the virtues of the Jinas,
and twenty-six original: "rasabāhava," meaning flavors (6) and arms (2).
Also add three hundred and eighty-four Drammas Dramma: a standard silver coin along with a pair of Nishkas Niṣka: a higher denomination of coin, typically worth 16 Drammas.
Tell me their total, and the remainder when that sum is subtracted from a myriad Ayuta: ten thousand. ॥ 12 ॥
In this case, having performed the addition of like kinds original: "sajātyo," meaning quantities of the same unit or category, and having converted the values into Drammas, the placement in their respective positions is as follows:
8 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 26 | 384
The sum of these results in 461 Drammas. When these are subtracted from a myriad (10,000), the remainder is 9,539.
Place the multiplier below the multiplicand Guṇya: the number to be multiplied; Guṇaka: the multiplier
according to the "Folding of Doors" Kapāṭa-sandhi: a method of multiplication where digits are aligned and shifted like the joints of a folding door method.
One should multiply the last digit of the multiplicand by the multiplier,
moving the numbers separately. ॥ 13 ॥
Or, the multiplicand may be multiplied by the "parts of the multiplier" original: "guṇa-khaṇḍair," refers to breaking a number into smaller units like 12 into 10 and 2;
the result is the sum of those products.
Or, it may be multiplied by the multiplier divided by its place values original: "sthāna-vibhāgair," multiplying by 100s, 10s, and 1s separately,
and then adding the results in their proper positions. ॥ 14 ॥
Or, the multiplier may be divided by a factor that leaves no remainder;
the multiplicand is then multiplied by that factor and the resulting product by the quotient.
The result remains the same regardless of which number is the multiplier or multiplicand,
or if the multiplier is multiplied by the multiplicand. ॥ 15 ॥