History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book v1.c8.s4.10

v1.c8.s4.10

"The multiplicand repeated, as in *gomūtrikā*, as often as there are digits¹ in the multiplier, is severally multiplied by them and (the results) added (according to places); this gives the product. Or the multiplicand is repeated as many times as there are component parts² in the multiplier."³