"Let ‘so much as’ (yavattavat) be put for the value of the unknown quantity, and doing with that precisely what is proposed in the instance [i.e. what is proposed in the following], let two equal sides be carefully completed, adding or subtracting, multiplying or dividing, [as the case may require]. Subtract the unknown quantity of one side from that of the other; and the known number of the one from that of the other side. Then divide the remainder of the known quantity by the [coefficient of the] remaining unknown: the quotient is the distinct value of the unknown quantity."
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quoted in : Bhaskar Kamble, The Imperishable Seed: How Hindu Mathematics Changed the World and why this History was Erased, Garuda Prakashan Private Limited, 2022 ISBN 9798885750189
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