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The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c20.s1.2

The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c20.s1.2

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c20.s1.2

"Increase the measure (of which the *dvi-karaṇī* is to be found) by its third part, and again by the fourth part (of this third part) less by the thirty-fourth part of itself (*i.e.*, of this fourth part). (The value thus obtained is called) the *saviśeṣa*."⁴