294 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [June, 1908. 
In 1825, Warren wrote (Kala Sankalita, p. 331) : ‘‘ I had often 
read and heard of the singular process by means of which the 
common Indian almanac-makers computed eclipses, scoring their 
quantities with shells, instead of writing them in figures ; ; and 
vo ra with the use of tables by means of certain artificial 
y ven 
th regard to his calculating with 
shells and eo (the latter representing zeros) it amounts to 
ee e than scoring any number of points when playing at 
th 
5 
B 
Q 
= 
= 
fos) 
were used in Sis oe tomes with the shells and counters to effect 
certan calculations : 
NumeRiIcaAL ACCOUNT OF THE SouNDs. 
1 Ka, Tha, Pah, Ya or Yum, Kiah, Wir, Staha, Nuium. 
Ra, R: 
un, Na, 
6 Tsha, Ta, Tou, Shah, Utsha, she, Recshe. 
7 Tshaha, Taha, Saha, Za. 
8 ne Deheu, Ha, Hi, Dhena, De. 
9 Djiha, D Dhaha, Lhah, Dha. 
10 Guia, Na, Ni, Rno, A (the last, or zero, being always 
expressed with a coun ter). 
explains the use of this notation, which is the well-known 
ny 
syllables as the quantity which it expresses contains of digits, = 
they lengthen it at pleasure and construct by that means a me 
vial word which answers their purpose. is will be dcoanplifiad 
in the following exposition of the elements of the Vakiam process :— 
The Vedam w+ Ve-do-da- See 
The Raza Gherica ... Ra-za-Gheu-ri 
The Kalanilam .» Ka-la-ni-la. 
The Devaram Sen eu-va-ra. 



As explained in my previous article (Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, 1907, 
p. 47 9) the numerical values of the letters are— 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
k kh g gh nh c ch j jh ii 
t th d dh n t th d dh n 
Pp ph b bh ese ee Ss oie wre 
r Vv § $ Ss h 1 a 
W s table contains in all 56 symbols: —— the oa symbols 
are Same to correspond to the vowels, Ansuvara, 


, 
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ae ae es | Pep ee 
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