The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c17.18
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c17.18
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c17.18
Thus it is equal to one-third of the area of the given isosceles trapezium, which comprises 972 square puruṣas. The same construction is suggested also by Kātyāyana.² (ii) *To construct an isosceles trapezium similar to a given isosceles trapezium but with double its area.*