The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c12.12
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c12.12
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c12.12
"If you wish to transform a rectangle into a square, cut off (from the rectangle a square portion) with its shorter side. Divide the other portion into two parts. Take the farther portion on the east and add it on the south (of the square portion). Complete the (square) figure by introducing a (small square) piece. The method for its deduction has been taught."