History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book v1.c8.s13.6

v1.c8.s13.6

**Interest in Hindu Ganita.** The ordinary problems relating to the finding out of interest, principal or time etc., the other quantities being given, occur in the section dealing with the Rule of Five. The Hindu works generally contain a section called *miśraka-vyavahāra* ("calculations relating to mixed quantities") in which occur miscellaneous problems on interest. The contents of this section vary in different works, according to their size and scope. Thus the *Āryabhaṭīya* contains only one rule relating to a problem on interest, whilst the *Gaṇita-sāra-saṁgraha* has a large number of such rules and problems.