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The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c15.63

The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c15.63

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c15.63

Thus according to the supposition of Thibaut which is accepted also by Bürk, the qualifying words *jñeyāni* and *jñeyābhiḥ* imply only those rectangles of which the sides and the diagonal can be expressed in rational integers.