Use of Fraction

Drammaardha thrilavadvayasya sumathe paadathrayam

yadbhaveth that panchaamsaka shoda saamsa charana:

sampraarthithenaa- rthinaa datto yenavaraatakaa:

kathi kadaryenarpithastena me broohithvam yadi

vetsi vatsaganitha jaathim prabhagaabhidhaam

  One man has given to a beggar fraction of 1 dramma (a unit of money). That fraction is one fourth of the one sixth of one fifth of the three fourth of the two third of the half of a dramma. Then tell how much kowdi (a unit fraction of the amount dramma) was given to the beggar?    ]]>