[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt) › 1.212 # Garudapurana 1.212 English (machine translation) 1.212 - **Language:** English ## Contents - [1.212.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.212.5) — 1 part ### [1.212.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.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](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.212.2) Multiplied in reverse order, beginning with laghu, in the twice-multiplied uddiṣṭa, one is subtracted. ### [1.212.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.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](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.212.4) In the other, full; in the other, full: the Meru \[pyramid\] arises from the prastāra. ### [1.212.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.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](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.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. ## Linked texts (1) - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.212.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.212](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.212) · Pramāṇa