The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c10.115
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c10.115
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c10.115
It should be particularly noticed that in the above the inclination between the two sides of the parallelogram to be constructed or between any two lines in general is not stated in terms of angular units (though the conception of such is not wanting in Hindu astronomy) but in terms of the relation between the sides and diagonals of a certain rectangle along which the two given lines would lie.