The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c10.92
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c10.92
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c10.92
"The diagonal of a rectangle whose sides are 8 and 15, is 17; with these cords, the two western corners of the *vedi* (are measured). The diagonal of a rectangle of sides 12 and 35 is 37; with these cords, (are measured) the eastern corners."² (Fig. 31.)