The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c14.63
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c14.63
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c14.63
“For the *Paitṛkī*(-*vedi*), construct a square whose area is two square puruṣas; fix poles at the middle of its sides. (The figure formed by lines joining these poles will be the *vedi* required.) This is the method of construction.”²