The Five Sounds

Combine the set of four values into a single sum and place that value in three separate positions. Multiply the first by two and divide by seven to find the remainder. Multiply the second by four and divide by eight to find the remainder. Multiply the third by three and divide by six to find the remainder. One should record these numerical remainders in a vertical sequence, one below the other.

This process is known as the Intermediate Junction Ritual original: sandhyāntara-karma; refers to a calculation performed for transitional periods between different states or times. Following this, in the category named Dvāpara One of the four "Yugas" or cosmic ages, here used as a classification for certain numerical results, one should place the age-group number within the line of the fixed lunar date [tithi] number. Because that specific arrangement of the series is considered the standard measure, one should provide the number fourteen.

In this context, the word "series" [śreṇī] refers to the five vowels used in the ritual action [karmasvara]. In the vowels of establishment [ādhāna-svara], vowel group 'ai' there are nine. Together, these are called "fourteen"; this is the ultimate truth of the matter.

Therefore, in the same manner, having combined the four numbers into one and established them: multiply the first by two and divide by seven to find the remainder. Having multiplied the second by four...