The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c16.32
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c16.32
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c16.32
"> If you wish to square a circle, divide its diameter into eight parts; then divide one part into twenty-nine parts and leave out twenty-eight of these; and also the sixth part (of the preceding sub-division) less the eighth part (of the last).''⁴