History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book v2.c17.s17.t1.16

v2.c17.s17.t1.16

"(Find) the square-root of the first side according to the method described before and, by the method of the Square-nature, the roots of the other side, where the coefficient of the square of the unknown is considered to be the *prakṛti* and the interpolator is an absolute term. Then the greater root will be equal to the previous square-root and the other (*i.e.*, the lesser root) to the unknown associated with the *prakṛti*."