The possible number (of the varieties of stanzas in the given metre) is multiplied by two and (then} diminished by one. This result gives (the measure of what is called) adhvan, (wherein an interval equivalent to a stanza is conceived to exists between every two successive varieties in the metre).
Examples in illustration thereof.
337. In relation to the metre made up of 3 syllables, tell me quickly the six thingष्ठ to be known--viz., (1) the (maximum) number (of possible stanzas in the metre), (2) the manner of arrangement (of the syllables in those stanzas), (3) the arrangement of the syllables (in a given variety of the stanza, the ordinal position whereof among the possible varieties in the metre is known), (4) tho ordinal position (of a given stanza), (5) the number (of stanzas in the given metro containing any given number of short or long syllables, and (6) the (quantity known as) adhvan.
Thus ends the process of summation of series in the chapter on mixed problems.
Thus ends the fifth subject of treatment, known as Mixed Problems, in Sārasaṅgraha, which is a work on arithmetic by Mahāvērācārya.
