History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book v1.c8.s4.57

v1.c8.s4.57

(*b*) In the second the partial multiplications (*i.e.*, the multiplications by the digits of the multiplicand) are carried out in the direct manner. These partial multiplications, however, seem to have been carried out in the inverse way, this being the general fashion. The following example will illustrate the method of working: