Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India c6.s6.3
Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India c6.s6.3
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c6.s6.3
| Terms in the *Śulbasūtras* | English Equivalents |
| 10. *madhya* | Centre of a circle. This term is also used in more general sense for the middle most point of a square, or a rectangle. |
| 11. *maṇḍala* or *parimaṇḍala* i) *vṛtta* | Circle. Circle. |
| 12. *pariṇāha* | Circumference of a circle. |
| 13. *pārśvamānī* | Longer side of a rectangle or side of a square which falls on the *prācī* or goes parallel to *prācī*. |
| 14. *rekhā* or *lekhā* | Line. |
| 15. *ṛju–lekhā* | Straight line. |
| 16. *śakaṭamukha* | Isosceles triangle. |
| 17. *saṃdhi* | Point of intersection. |
| 18. *saviśeṣa* | (a) ( Simply ) a diagonal of a square. (b) Calculated value of a diagonal of a square. Symbolically, *saviśeṣa* of a=a+a/3+a/3.4-a/3.4.34. (For details, vide B. Datta’ *The Science of Śulba*, p. 196–200.) |