The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c10.87
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c10.87
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c10.87
"The diagonal of a rectangle whose sides are 5 and 12, is 13. With them the eastern corners of the *vedi* (are determined); and with them increased by twice themselves the western corners (are fixed)"¹ (Fig. 30.)