पाटीगणित (श्रीधराचार्य - प्राचीन संस्कृत टीका एवं प्रो. कृपाशंकर शुक्ल सविस्तार व्याख्या)

26 LOGISTICS
manner) and multiplied the numbers (so obtained on either
side), divide the side with larger number of quantities (nume-
rators) by the other.¹
The two sides referred to in this rule are known as (i) the argument
side (pramāṇarāśi-pakṣa) and (ii) the requisition side (icchārāśi-pakṣa). In
Ex. 40, for instance, these sides are as follows :
(i) argument side ⎧ 100½ or 201/2
⎨ ⅓
⎩ 1½ or 3/2
(ii) requisition side ⎧ 60¼ or 241/4
⎩ 8 - ½ or 15/2
These are written as
(i) (ii)
┌────────────┬────────────┐
│ 201 │ 241 │
│ 2 │ 4 │
│ │ │
│ 1 │ 15 │
│ 3 │ 2 │
│ │ │
│ 3 │ 0 │
│ 2 │ │
└────────────┴────────────┘
0 being written in place of the desired quantity (unknown).
Then the rule is applied as follows :
Transposing the fruit, we get
(i) (ii)
┌────────────┬────────────┐
│ 201 │ 241 │
│ 2 │ 4 │
│ │ │
│ 1 │ 15 │
│ 3 │ 2 │
│ │ │
│ 0 │ 3 │
│ │ 2 │
└────────────┴────────────┘
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
¹ Cf. BrSpSi, xii. 11(ii)-12 ; GSS, v. 32 ; MSi, xv. 26, 27 ; GT, p. 74,
vs. 97 ; SiŚe, xiii, 15; L (ASS), pp. 76-77, vs. 82 ; GK, I, p. 50, vs. 62.