The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c20.s4.8
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c20.s4.8
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c20.s4.8
There seems to have been a serious attempt, though without much success, to find an approximation to the value of the surd √5. The occasion was to define clearly the relative positions of the three principal and oldest known fire-altars, *viz.*, the *Gārhapatya*, *Āhavanīya* and *Dakṣiṇa*. Baudhāyana's rules to determine their positions are these: