The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c13.19
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c13.19
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c13.19
"The *Mahāvedi* measures (in area) one-thousand less twenty-eight (square) padas. Draw a straight line from the south-eastern corner (of the *vedi*) to a point 12 padas towards the south-western corner. Place the portion thus cut off on the other (*i.e.*, northern) side of the *vedi* after inverting it. It (the *Mahāvedi*) will then become a rectangle. After that construction the area will be apparent."¹