The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c12.75
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c12.75
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c12.75
"If you wish to transform a square or a rectangle into a rhombus, construct a rectangle which shall have an area twice as much as the area (of the figure to be transformed). Fix a pole at the middle of its eastern side. Having fastened at it two ties (of two cords), stretch the cords towards middle (points) of the northern and southern sides (of the rectangle). Cut off the portions lying beyond (these cords). Thereby is also explained the construction of the other triangle." ²