The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c10.100
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c10.100
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c10.100
"Make a class of bricks, one-fifth of a puruṣa long and one-ninth of a puruṣa broad, (the two sides being) inclined (*nata*) suitably so as to fit (*yathā-yagam*)."²