The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c16.74
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c16.74
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c16.74
Dvārakanātha Yajvā has criticised with the help of specific examples the *Sulba* method of squaring a circle and its converse, as yielding only approximate results. He has then proposed the following corrections to the ancient formulae : ¹