History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book v1.c8.s7.12

v1.c8.s7.12

“Set down the cube of the last;¹ then place at the next place from it, thrice the square of the last multiplied by the succeeding; then place at the next place thrice the square of the succeeding multiplied by the last; and (at the next place) the cube of the succeeding. This gives the cube.”