DIVIDEND. GREATER THAN DIVISOR the dividend), apply the same process (as prescribed in stanzas 42-44 or 45-46 (i)). Multiply the multiplier (thus obtained) by that multiple and (to the product) add the quotient¹: the result will be the quotient here (required). Let the pulveriser be ax- c b = y, where a > b. Then if, a = mb + A, A ≤ b, (1) may be written as Ax c (2) b (1) where y Y + mx. If x=d, YB, be a solution of (2), then x== d,y= md +B will be a solution of (1). Hence the above rule. The abraded dividend for the Sun 576 revolutions = 576x12x30x60x60x60 thirds 44789760000 thirds. We have, therefore, to solve the equation 44789760000 x 101 210389 = 35 Example. "The signs, etc., up to the thirds of the Sun's (mean) longitude have all been carried away by the strong wind; the residue of thirds is known to me to be 101. Tell (me) the Sun's (mean) longitude and also the ahargaṇa." = y, (3) where x is the ahargana and y the thirds described by the Sun since the beginning of Kaliyuga. Since in this equation the dividend 44789760000 is greater than the divisor 210389, therefore, as directed in the above rule, we divide out the dividend by the divisor, and put the equation in the form 45790 x 101 210389 Y, ¹ The literal translation is "the lower quantity (in the reduced chain)", which means "the quotient". 2 MBh, viii. 13.
