The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c21.s1.15
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c21.s1.15
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c21.s1.15
A fraction of a fraction is indicated in the usual way thus: *jānoḥ pañcamasya caturviṁśena* = "by 1/24 of ⅕ of a *jānu*."⁶ Further *caturtha-saviśeṣārdha* = ½ (¼ √ 2), *caturtha-saviśeṣa-saptama* = 1/7 (¼ √ 2).⁷