The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c13.s3.13
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c13.s3.13
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c13.s3.13
It has been prescribed that the nth construction of the Fire-altar shall have a height of n jānus and comprise of 5n layers of bricks. Increasing the height by its one-fifth, we get 6n/5 jānus. Two-thirds of them gives 4n/5 jānus. Up to this height, the altar is constructed in (5n-1)