The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c10.112
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c10.112
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c10.112
"Construct a rectangle (*abcd*) of length (*aD*) equal to one-fourth of a puruṣa and breadth (*Dc*) equal to one-seventh of the side (*DM*) of (half) the wing; by the slanting side (*DP*) the mouth of this rectangle should be changed so that the sides (*Df* and *ae*) might be bent to the one-seventh of the slanting side of the wing (*DP*)."²