The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c21.s2.6
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c21.s2.6
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c21.s2.6
In describing the *Droṇacit*, Baudhāyana writes :² "Its body is a square; its side is three puruṣas less one-third. On the western side of the body is the handle. Its length east-to-west is half a puruṣa plus ten aṅgulis and its breadth north-to-south is one puruṣa less one-third. Thus is made the sevenfold *Agni* with the two aratnis and the prādeśa."