Narapatijayacarya 3.1.3.3

Its sub-rising is declared to be one year, one month, two days, / forty-three nāḍikās, and thirty-eight palas.

[On the words] "have been declared" and so on: the sounds born from the name, arisen from the name, are innate; the eight sounds beginning with the mātrā have been declared. I shall explain the temporal [risings] of these sounds arising from time, beginning with the twelve-year period—those born of the year, season, month, lunar fortnight, lunar day, and daṇḍa, designated as stages of life such as childhood. [On the words] "beginning with Prabhava" and so on: among the sixty years in the order beginning with Prabhava, the five sounds beginning with "a" rise individually in periods of twelve years each. For instance, the rising of the sound "a" lasts twelve years beginning with Prabhava; then by sets of twelve years each comes the rising of the four sounds beginning with "i". In that regard, for determining the years beginning with Prabhava, there is the statement of Śrīpati in the Ratnamālā: "The Śaka king's era, set down separately, multiplied by twenty-two, increased by four thousand two hundred sixty-one, / divided by one thousand eight hundred seventy-five, the quotient is taken; when the remainder is divided by sixty, the years beginning with Prabhava are obtained." An example: In Vikrama Saṃvat 2016, Śaka 1881, on the first lunar day of the bright fortnight of Caitra. The Śaka year is 1881.

Set down in two places; multiplied by 22, it becomes 41382; added to 4261, it becomes 45643 [variant reading: 45673]. This, divided by 1875: the quotient is 24 years, with a remainder of 673; multiplied by twelve and divided, the quotient is 4 months, with a remainder of 576; multiplied by thirty and divided, the quotient is 6 days and fractions, with a remainder of 405; multiplied by sixty and divided, the quotient is 12 ghaṭīs, with a remainder of 1800; again multiplied by sixty and divided, the quotient obtained is 57 palas. These added into the Śaka figure placed separately become: 605 years, 4 months, 6 days, 12 ghaṭīs, 57 palas. When the year place is divided by sixty, the remainder is 45; by counting from Prabhava, the year reached is Virodhakṛt. The elapsed portion of months and so on for the current year Paridhāvin is 4 months, 6 days, 12 ghaṭīs, 57 palas. Here, to know the twelve-year sound, divided by twelve, the quotient is 3 sounds elapsed. The elapsed years and so forth of the current sound "e" are: 6 [years], 4 [months], 6 [days], 12 [ghaṭīs], 57 [palas] [text has 6 | 4 | 12 | 27].