Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India c6.s5.10

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c6.s5.10

For Baudhāyana's selection of units of 12 *aṅgulas* (= one *pada*) and 34 *tilas* (= one *aṅgula*), Thibaut expressed no doubt for the selection of arbitrary relation 17² = 2.12² (approx.) contributing to the origin of the formula.

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