Likewise, 34, which is the sum of 21 and 13, is the number of meters with 8 matras. [Hence you have the sequence] 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, ...

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The ‘Fibonacci sequence’, the recurrence relation Sn = Sn-1 + Sn-2 | Chhandonushasana 8.16 | Velankar, H. D. (ed.). Chando’nushasana of Hemachandrasuri. Bombay: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan: 1961. | quoted in : Bhaskar Kamble, The Imperishable Seed: How Hindu Mathematics Changed the World and why this History was Erased, Garuda Prakashan Private Limited, 2022 ISBN 9798885750189

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