Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India c6.s12.14
Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India c6.s12.14
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c6.s12.14
| Sanskrit Terms | English Equivalents |
| 1. *ghana-koṇa* | Solid angle. |
| 2. *ghana-kṣetra* | Solid figure. |
| i) *aṣṭaphalakaghanakṣetra* | Octahedron. |
| ii) *cheditaghanakṣetra* | Prism. |
| iii) *ghanahastakṣetra* | Parallelepiped. |
| iv) *gola-kṣetra* | Sphere. |
| v) *samabhujadvādaśaphalakakṣetra* | A dodecahedron. |
| vi) *samānāntara-dharātalaghanakṣetra* | Parallelepiped. |
| vii) *samatalamastakapari-dhirūpaśaṅkukṣetra* | Cylinder. |
| viii) *sucīphalakaghanakṣetra* | Pyramid. |
| 3. *mastaka.paridhi* | Altitude. |
| 4. *śaṅku* | Cone, cube. |
| i) *catuṣphalakaśaṅku* | Tetrahedron. |
| ii) *trasraphalakaśaṅku* | Pyramid having a triangle as its base. |
| 5. *tala* | Base. |