General Meeting, Nov. 21th, 1852. xlv. 



The latter system serves the double purpose of a system of numerals 

 and of artificial memory, closely resembling Dr. Grey's Memoria Technica. 



It is called 253c)t3c30<f C£)^an-<3~?, from the first series of letters repre- 

 senting the numeral one. The following letters represent the following 



numbers. 



«5>Oesc3 1. 



SD&£tf ..2. 



C5D©a)(3 3. 



©&t£>9 4. 



ceD-^Sesa 5. 



®&)W 6. 



tTdaj 7. 



8. 



9. 



0. 



By means of these letters an artificial word may be formed precisely in 

 the same manner as is done in Dr. Grey's system of Mnemonics. Thus 

 the present year of the Buddhist era 2395, may be expressed G^lg 

 GKftOzs}, The Saka era 1774 S8e3?552S 3 the only difference between this 

 system and that of Dr. Grey being, that in the one figures are read from 

 right to left, and in the other from left to right. 



There is another highly curious way of denoting numbers by means of 

 different objects of nature. This is called tg$5De30®2Soe) a and from its 

 apparently primitive and hieroglyphical character, I fancy may be traced 

 to a period antecedent to the discovery of alphabetical writing. Some 

 idea of the principles upon which this system is founded, may be formed 

 from the following examples, which occur in ancient Sanscrit and Singha- 



lese works ; thus 



_ . - N f represents 1 (there is but one Meru 



(Meru ) { F ■ . . 2 ... 



v y I mountain m the world.) 



6>^ (eyes) —represents 2. 



89 (Shiva) — „ 3. (Shiva has 3 eyes.) 



®&§ (Veda) — „ 4. (Thereare4Vedas.) 



. , N1I f „ 5. (there are 5 darts of 



(sara) darts { Cupid.) 



(rasa) tastes — represents 6. (there are 6 tastes.) 



C „ 7. (there are 7 principal 



GGX&Q (seila) rocks < rocks in the native systems of Cos- 



\ mogony. 



