Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India c6.s6.2
Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India c6.s6.2
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c6.s6.2
| Terms in the *Śulbasūtra* | English Equivalents |
| 1. *akṣa* or *akṣṇayā* | Diagonal. |
| 2. *anta* | Point of intersection. |
| 3. *bhūmi* | Area. |
| 4. *caturasra* or *sama-caturasra* | Square. |
| i) *animata caturasra* | Isosceles trapezium. |
| ii) *dīrghacaturasra* | Rectangle. |
| 5. *iṣu* | Arrow, altitude. |
| 6. *karṇa* | Angle. |
| i) *eka-karṇa* | A geometrical figure of one angle. |
| ii) *dvi-karṇa* | A geometrical figure of two unequal angles. |
| iii) *pañca-karṇa* | Pentagon. |
| iv) *tri-karṇa* | Triangle. |
| 7. *karaṇī* | (a) The side of rectilinear geometrical figure (Geometry). (b) Square root (Arithmetic). |
| i) *dvikaraṇī* | (a) Diagonal of a square. (b) √2 |
| 8. *kṣetra* | Plane figure. |
| 9. *kṣetra-jñāna* | (Familiar with) the knowledge of the plane figures. |