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The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c13.s1.12

The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c13.s1.12

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c13.s1.12

This construction is the same as to find a square three times a square of 36 sqaure padas. For 108 = 3 × 6². If 108 would have been a square number or expressible as the sum of the two square numbers, the solution would have of course been very easy.