Garudapurana 1.212.5
Garuḍapurāṇa 1.212.5
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1.212.5
lagasaṃkhyā vṛttasaṃkhyā cādyāṅgulamathordhvataḥ /
saṃkhyaiva dviguṇaikonācchandaḥ sāro 'yamīritaḥ //
The count of laghu and guru, the count of meters, and the first finger upwards, / the number indeed doubled minus one: this is declared as the essence of prosody.
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iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamān- ācā- chandolakṣaṇaṃ nāma dvādaśottaradviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus ends the two hundred and twelfth chapter, named "Characteristics of Prosody," in the Section on Conduct in the first section of the venerable Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa.
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