The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c21.s2.1

The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c21.s2.1

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c21.s2.1

In the *Śulba*, there are instances showing fundamental arithmetical operations with elementary fractions. For example, it is stated in the *Baudhāyana Śulba*:⁸ "One hundred eighty-seven and a half square bricks of sides (equal to) one-fifth of a puruṣa make up the seven-fold *Agni* with the two aratnis and the prādeśa."

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Baudhāyanaśulbasūtra — Baudhāyana, Sanskrit