The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c14.61
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c14.61
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c14.61
An equally convincing hypothesis, which is very nearly alike to that of Bürk but free from all those defects, is suggested by the method of construction of the *Paitṛkī-vedi*. According to one tradition about that *vedi*, it is a square of one square puruṣa in area whose corners are turned towards the cardinal directions.¹ For its construction Kātyāyana indicates the following method: