History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book v2.c17.s13.1
History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book v2.c17.s13.1
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v2.c17.s13.1
**Śrîpati’s Rule.** We have described before the rule of Brahmagupta for the solution of simultaneous equations of the first degree.³ In the latter portion of that rule there are hints for the solution of simultaneous indeterminate equations by the application of the method of the pulveriser. Similar rules have been given by later Hindu algebraists. Thus Śrîpati (1039) says: