History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book v2.c17.s25.30

v2.c17.s25.30

“As many multiple (*guṇa*) as the product-interpolator (*vadha-kṣepa*) is of the number-interpolator (*râśi-kṣepa*), with the square-root of that as the common difference are assumed certain numbers; these squared and diminished by the number-interpolator (severally) will be the unknowns.”¹