The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c10.12
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c10.12
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c10.12
It should be observed that there is no particular rule for this construction in any *Śulba-sūtra* except perhaps the *Kātyāyana Śulba Pariśiṣṭa*. But it appears from the descriptions of other constructions that more than one device were used to be adopted for that purpose. The earliest of these methods is as follows :