Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India c6.s7.8

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² Vide Whitney's Note under *Sūryasiddhānta*, ch. 2, v. 27. Proportional relation to the corresponding parts of the similar triangles is not used in the *Śulbasūtras*, but it may be that this relation is a development to the relation used in the type of similar figures having different areas.