Viduthalai Kanakku

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"Viduthalai Kanakku." Archive of Mathematical Practices. Accessed September 9, 2026. https://echoes.ifpindia.org/s/shmp_landing/document/VLK_TLU_TNJ_0836-3_B_01110

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Title: Viduthalai Kanakku
Description: Contains 1 leaf. 6 lines per page. Readable. Unsure if it is complete. The available leaf contains one problem. The transliteration of the text is as follows:

Oru kadaikkaari sila koli muttai kondu vanthal. Athai oru yevaari(viyaabari) paiyisavukku yirandu muttai kettukkondan. Atharku aval oru muttai yirandu paiyisavukkuthaan kudukkirathenru sollinaal. Atharku avan pidiththu yiluthaan, iluththa maathirathil thavari vilunthu norungi poivittana. Atharku aval meshirittaridathil(?) solli-k kondaal. Athan piragu meshirittarum neerkondu vantha eththinai entru kelkka(ketka), atharkaval nerkku(enaku) kanakku-th theriyavaraathu, aagaiyal oru thishttanthiram ennavenraal "antha muttaiyai irandaya-p pagunthaal onru micham, munraya pagunthaal yirandu micham, naangaaya pagunthaal muntru micham, ainthaa-p pagunthaal naalu micham, aaru-p pagunthaal ainthu micham, yelaaya-p pagunthaal kanakku chariyaayirukkum.

The problem is set in the context of a dispute between an egg seller and a customer. The customer ends up breaking all the eggs, and the dispute is brought before a learned mediator. However, the egg seller does not remember the exact number of eggs they had. Instead, all they remember is that if the eggs are divided into 2, 1 remains; if divided into 3, 2 remain; if divided into 4, 3 remain; if divided into 5, 4 remain; if divided into 6, 5 remain; and if divided into 7, no eggs remain.
Rights: Creative Commons (CC BY SA NC 4.0), Deed Creative Commons (CC BY SA NC 4.0), Legal Code
Identifier: VLK_TLU_TNJ_0836-3_B_01110
Contributor: Asha Helen (Transcription)
Type: Palm Leaf Manuscript
Title Variant: விடுதலை கணக்கு
Title Translation: viṭutalai kaṇakku
Date Created: CE
Subject: Among the People
Current Accession Id: B 01110
Current Repository Id: 0836-3
Current Location: Tamil University, Thanjavur
Spatial Coverage: 10.736563307666648,79.09804495717188
Location - Physical Location: Tamil University, Thanjavur
List: Tamil University, Thanjavur [MISGROUP?]
Tag: Tamil University, Thanjavur
Palm Leaf manuscript
Among the people