History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book v1.c8.s13.101

v1.c8.s13.101

(10) Three pieces of gold, of 3 each in weight, and of 2, 3 and 4 *varṇa* (respectively), are added to (an unknown weight of) gold of 13 *varṇa*. The resulting *varṇa* comes to be 10. Tell me, O friend, the measure (of the unknown weight) of gold.⁵