History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book v2.c17.s9.20

v2.c17.s9.20

(1) "(Of a herd of elephants) nine times the square-root of the two-thirds plus six times the square-root of the three-fifths of the remainder (entered the deep forest); (the remaining) 24 elephants with their round temples wet with the stream of exuding ichor, were seen by me in a forest. How many were the elephants (in the herd) ?"¹