The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c10.117
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c10.117
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c10.117
"Draw a rectangle one-fifth of a puruṣa long from east to west, and one-tenth of a puruṣa broad; to the south as well as to the north of it draw another (rectangle of the same size). Draw the diagonals of them passing through their south-western corners."