History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book v1.c7.s2.11

v1.c7.s2.11

I glean from the great ocean of the knowledge of numbers a little of its essence, in the manner in which gems are picked from the sea, gold is from the stony rock and pearl from the oyster shell; and give out according to the power of my intelligence, the *Sâra-saṁgraha*, a small work on *gaṇita*, which is (however) not small in value."¹