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But the shape of the whole, the relative proportions of the single parts, had to remain unchanged. The area of every chiti whatever its shape might be, falcon, wheel, tortoise, etc., had to be equal to 7½ square purushas. Thus squares had to be found which would equal to two or more given squares, or equal to the difference of two given squares, oblongs were turned into squares and squares into oblongs. Triangles were constructed equal to given squares or oblongs and so on. A circle had to be constructed, the area of which might equal as closely as possible that of a given square.