History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book v1.c8.s4.67

v1.c8.s4.67

It may be again remarked that the position and motion of the multiplier play a very important part in the above process. The digits of the multiplier are also successively rubbed out in order to avoid confusion, thus 7 is rubbed out at stage *(i)*, 5 at *(ii)* and 3 at *(iii)*.