History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book v2.c17.s21.38

v2.c17.s21.38

**Equation bx ± c = ayn.** After describing the above methods Bhâskara II observes, *ityagre'pi yojyamiti śeṣaḥ* or "the same method can be applied further on (*i.e.*, to the cases of higher powers).”¹ Again at the end of the section he has added *evaṁ buddhimadbhiranyadapi yathâsambhavaṁ yojyam*, *i.e.*, “similar devices should be applied by the intelligent to further cases as far as practicable.”² What is implied is as follows :