The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c10.72

The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c10.72

Language: English

c10.72

This method is alike in principle to that employed by Āpastamba and Manu for the construction of a square on a given straight line (*Method III*). Still Baudhāyana would restrict its application to the construction of a rectangle having given sides and of an isosceles trapezium having given face, base and altitude.

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Mānavaśulbasūtra — Sanskrit
Āpastambaśulbasūtra — Āpastamba, Sanskrit