CHAPTER IV-MISCELLANEOUS PROBLEMS (ON FRACTIONS) 85 71. (Elephants equivalent in number to) part of the whole herd of elephants, as multiplied by (of that same herd? as divided by 2, are in a happy condition on a plain. The remain- ing (ones forming) (of the herd), resembling exceedingly dark masses of clouds in form, are playing on a mountain. O friend, you tell me now the numerical measure of the herd of elephants 72. (Ascetics equivalent in number to) , part of a collection of ascetics, as divided by 3 and as multiplied by that same ( part divided by 3), are living in the interior of a forest; (the remaining ones forming) part (of that collection) are living on a mountain. O you, who have crossed over to the other shore of the ocean-like miscellaneous problems on fiactions, tell me quickly the (numerical) value of that (collection of ascetics). Here ends the Bhmud sya variety. Thus ends the third subject of treatment known as Prakarnaka in Sarasangraha which is a work on arithmetic by Mahāvīrācārya. 71. The word prthvi occuring in this stanza means the earth', and is also the name of the metre in which the stanza is composed."
