The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c17.94
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c17.94
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c17.94
It may be noted that Āpastamba's method of construction of several altars by employing the rational rectangle (15, 36, 39) by successively varying the units, is obviously equivalent to the construction of a system of rectangles similar to it. Indeed the science of the altar-construction requires the drawing of (a system of) similar rectangles, triangles, rhomboids, circles and other figures. For the enlargement of altars of those shapes involves it.