Garudapurana 1.212
English (machine translation) 1.212
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- 1.212.5 — 1 part
1.212.1
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.
1.212.2
Multiplied in reverse order, beginning with laghu, in the twice-multiplied uddiṣṭa, one is subtracted.
1.212.3
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.
1.212.4
In the other, full; in the other, full: the Meru [pyramid] arises from the prastāra.
1.212.5
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.
1.212.5.p1
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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- Garuḍapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit