counting, i.e.

1. counting up, arithmetic, number Ja.i.29; Vism.278 sq.; Mil.79; Vv-a.194.
2. counting, census, statistics; Tikap. 94; Ja.i.35; Mil.4 (senā ˚ṃ kāretvā); Dhp-a.i.11, Dhp-a.i.34.
3. the art of counting arithmetics as a study & a profession, forbidden to the bhikkhus Vin.i.77 = Vin.iv.129 (˚ṃ sikkhati to study ar.) DN.i.11 (expl. DN-a.i.95 by acchiddaka-gaṇanā); MN.i.85 MN.iii.1 (˚ājīva); DN-a.i.157. -gaṇana-patha (time-) reckoning, period of time Mil.20, Mil.116.