Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India c5.s9.11

c5.s9.11

The very same method is given by other Indian scholars like Brahmagupta, Mahāvīra, Śrīdhara, Āryabhaṭa II, Bhāskara II etc. Here also the number whose cube root is to be found is marked as—*ghana*, first *aghana*, and second *aghana*, from right.¹ For illustration, they may be denoted by the symbols say ⸬ , —, — respectively. Āryabhaṭa's method of extraction is illustrated² in the following example; the modern method is also given side by side.