History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book v1.c8.s4.87

v1.c8.s4.87

as there are places in the multiplier; the oblique lines in the first, in the one below, and in the other (compartments) are produced. Multiply each place of the multiplicand, by the places of the multiplier (which are) one below the other and set the results in the compartments. The sum taken obliquely on both sides of the oblique lines in the compartments gives the product. This is the *kapâṭa-sandhi*."¹