183 CHAPTER VIMIXED PROBLEMS. The possible numblr (of the varieties of stanzas in the given metre) is multiplied by two and (they diminished by one This result gives (the measure of what is called) adhvan, (wherein an interval equivalent to a stanza is conceived to exist 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 things 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 arrange- ment of the syllables (in a given variety of the stanza, the ordinal position whereof among the possible varieties in the metre 18 known (4) the ordinal position (of a given stanza) (5) the number (of stanzas in the given metre containing any given number) of short or long syllables and (6) the (quantity known as) udhvan. 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 Sarasangraha, which is a work on arithmetic by Mahavirácarya.
