History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book v2.c17.s17.t5.6

v2.c17.s17.t5.6

“Where there exists also the product of the unknowns (in addition to their squares), by the rule, ‘when there are squares etc.,’ the square-root of as much portion of it as affords a root, should be extracted. The remaining portion, divided by an optional number and then diminished by that optional number and halved, should be put equal to that square-root.”²