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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](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.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.

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