पृष्ठम्:Ganita Sara Sangraha - Sanskrit.djvu/४७२

271 GANITASĀRASANGRAHA. 67-67. In relation to (logs of wood obtained from) trees named Saka, arjuna, amla-vētasa, sarala, asitu, sarja and dunduka, and also (in relation to varieties of wood) named śreparni and plaksa, the marga is 1 in each case, the length is 96 añgulas, and the breadth is I kisku (for arriving at the measure of a pattaka). An example in illustration thereof. 68. In relation to a log of teak wood, the length is 16 hastas, the breadth is 3 hastas and the margas (or saw-courses) are 8 in number. How many are (the units of saw-work) done here? Thus ends the section on saw-work in the (chapter on) operations relating to excavations. Thus ends the seventh subject of treatment known as Operations relating to Excavations in Sarasangraha, which is a work on arithmetic by Mahavirācārya.