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    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 129, col. 2.
    antyadhana Karmadh. n. (-nam) (In Arithmetic.) The last term

    of an arithmetical progression; comp. madhyadhana and sarvadhana;

    e. g. vyekapadaghnacayo mukhayuksyādantyadhanaṃ mukhayugdalitaṃ tat .

    madhyadhanaṃ padasaṃguṇitaṃ tatsarvadhanaṃ gaṇitaṃ ca taduktam ‘the in-

    crease multiplied by the period less one and added to the

    first quantity is the amount of the last; that added to the

    first and halved, is the amount of the mean: which multi-

    plied by the period is the amount of the whole, and is de-

    nominated the computed sum’. E. antya and dhana.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    p. 44, col. 3.
    antya—dhana n. last member of an arithmetical series.