[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Garudapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda) › 1.212 # Garudapurana 1.212 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.212 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.212.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.212.5) — 1 part ### [1.212.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.212.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 212 sūta uvāca / prastāra ādyago 'tho laḥ paratulyo 'tha pūrvagaḥ / naṣṭamadhye sameṃ'ke laḥ same 'rdhe viṣame guruḥ // > The venerable Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 212 / Sūta said: / In the prastāra, the first is guru, then laghu, equal to the subsequent, then preceding. / In calculating a lost meter, when the number is even it is laghu; when halved evenly, \[and\] when odd, it is guru. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.212.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.212.2) pratilomaguṇaṃ lādyaṃ dviruddiṣṭaka ekanut // > Multiplied in reverse order, beginning with laghu, in the twice-multiplied uddiṣṭa, one is subtracted. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.212.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.212.3) saṃkhyā dvirardhe rūpe tu śūnyaṃ śūnye dvirīritam / tāvadardhe tadguṇitaṃ dvirdvyūnantu tadantataḥ // > The number is doubled when halved; when it is a unit, zero \[is marked\]; when zero, it is said to be doubled; / that much in the half, multiplied by that, doubled, and minus two at its end. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.212.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.212.4) pare pūrṇaṃ pare pūrṇaṃ meruḥ prastārato bhavet // > In the other, full; in the other, full: the Meru \[pyramid\] arises from the prastāra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.212.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.212.5.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.212.5.p1) 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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.212.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.334.3) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.212](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.212) · Pramāṇa