The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c17.29
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c17.29
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c17.29
"Divide that which is to be the difference from the original (given) size of the altar into 15 equal parts; add to each of the (constituent) portions (*vidha*, that is, units) of the given figure two of these parts. Then construct a figure (in the same way as the given one) with 7½ of these (altered) units.''¹