Indian Mathematics c12.s2.34
Indian Mathematics c12.s2.34
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c12.s2.34
17. If a *pala* of best camphor may be had for two *nishkas*, and a *pala* of sandal wood for the eighth part of a *dramma* and half a *pala* of aloe wood also for the eighth of a *dramma*, good merchant, give me the value of one *nishka* in the proportions of 1, 16 and 8; for I wish to prepare a perfume?