History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book v2.c17.s17.6

v2.c17.s17.6

"When the square, etc., of the unknown are present (in an equation), after the equi-clearance has been made, (find) the square-root of one side by the method described before for it, and the root of the other side by the method of the Square-nature. Then (apply) the method of (simple) equations to these roots. If (the other side) does not become a case for the Square-nature, then, putting it equal to the square of another unknown, the other side and so the value of the other (*i.e.*, the new) unknown should be obtained in the same way as in the Square-nature ; and similarly the value of the first unknown. The intelligent should devise various artifices so that it may become a matter for (the application of) the Square-nature."¹