The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c10.80
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c10.80
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c10.80
"The diagonal of a rectangle whose sides are 3 and 4 (*pada* or *prakrama*) is 5. With these increased by three times themselves (are determined) the two eastern corners of the *vedi*. With them increased by four times themselves (are fixed) the two western corners."² (Fig. 29.)