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The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c12.48

The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c12.48

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c12.48

¹ We cut off lengths equal to *M* from the sides *AD* and *BC* of the given square but not from the sides *AB* and *CD*, because the rule clearly directs that the given length *M* should be made the *pārśvamānī* of the rectangle cut off.