The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c17.12
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c17.12
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c17.12
Construct an isosceles trapezium, says Āpastamba, in the same way as the given isosceles trapezium (*Mahāvedi*) but “with 1/√3 of a prakrama being substituted for a prakrama therein; or with 8 and 10 times √3 as the transverse sides and 12 times √3 as the east-west line.”¹ This will be the required isosceles trapezium (*Sautrāmaṇikī-vedi*).