History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book v1.c8.s14.54

v1.c8.s14.54

(7) Pârtha (Arjuna), irritated in fight, shot a quiver of arrows to slay Karṇa. With half his arrows, he parried those of his antagonist, with four times the square-root of the quiver-full, he killed his horses; with three he demolished the umbrella, standard and bow; and with one he cut off the head of his foe. How many were the arrows, which Arjuna let fly?³