Bhaskara II Acharya/Lilavati/Chapter VI
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Bhaskara II Acharya: Lilavati Chapter $\text {VI}$: Plane Figure
Problem $150$
- A snake's hole is at the foot of a pillar which is $15$ cubits high and a peacock is perched on its summit.
- Seeing a snake, at a distance of thrice the pillar's height, gliding towards his hole, he pounces obliquely upon him.
- Say quickly at how many cubits from the snake's hole do they meet, both proceeding an equal distance?