INDIAN
Arithmetic and Algebra.
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTION.
1. HAVING bowed to the deity, whose head is like an elephant’s;[1] whose feet are adored by gods; who, when called to mind, relieves his votaries from embarrassment; and bestows happiness on his worshippers; I propound this easy process of computation,[2] delightful by its elegance,[3] I perspicuous with words concise, soft and correct, and pleasing to the learned.
AXIOMS.
[CONSISTING IN DEFINITIONS OF TECHNICAL TERMS.]
[Money by Tale.]
2. Twice ten cowry shells[4] are a cacini ; four of these are pana; sixteen of which must be here considered as a dramma; and in like manner, a nishca, as consisting of sixteen of these.
