The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c15.84
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c15.84
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c15.84
The question of the rationality or irrationality of the sides and the diagonal of the rectangles used in the construction of altars can arise only when we begin to think of them in terms of numerical quantities. But the *Sulba* deals truly with geometrical construction and not with numerical calculation. In commenting upon *jñeya* from the standpoint of numerical representation, the commentators, ancient as well as modern, have fallen into an error.