Help with translation (240 or 244?)

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Dear list members,

 

For the following sentences from Yogarajas commentary on the Paramarthasara

(on page 146 of KSTS Paramarthasara)

 

vakSyamANena krameNa yo vizvasya pratikSaNam abhedena

parAhantApratyavamarzaH "so"'yam "asya japa uditaH" akRtrimatvena kathitaH |

ko'sau? -- ityAha "bhuvanAvalIM samastAM" SaTtriMzattattvasamUhAntarvartinIM

catvAriMzaduttarazatadvayasaMkhyAtAM prAkArapaGktiM niHzeSAm, tathA

"tattvakramakalpanAm" iti "tattvakramasya" AtmavidyAzivAkhyasya

"parikalpanAM" paricchedam, "athAkSagaNam" iti antarbahiSkaraNarUpam

indriyasamUhaM ca-- . . .

 

I've been given the following translation:

 

What is the order of the prayer, this is answered by the author thus. Two

hundred forty-four beads (constituting the garland of beads used for prayer)

symbolise the thirty-six tattvas constituting the entire universe, the order

of elements (tattvas) beginning from the limits of the atmavidya to the Siva

and the group of all internal as well as external senses . . .

 

But I can't see where the number 244 comes from. Shouldn't the translation

of catvAriMzaduttarazatadvayasaMkhyAtAM be 240 instead of 244 ?

 

Any clarification of this would be greatly appreciated.

 

Many thanks,

Harry

 

Harry Spier

371 Brickman Rd.

Hurleyville, New York

USA 12747

 

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