The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c22.28

The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c22.28

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c22.28

¹ *BŚl*, i. 52; iii. 55, 65; *BŚr*, x. 19, xix. 1. Compare *ṚV*, viii. 7. 35; *ĀpŚl*, ii. 5. Rāma, the commentator of the *Kātyāyana Śulba*, is of opinion that this line is so called because it divides the figure into two *akṣi* or "eyes":

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Baudhāyanaśrautasūtra — Baudhāyana, Sanskrit
Āpastambaśulbasūtra — Āpastamba, Sanskrit
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā — Sanskrit
Baudhāyanaśulbasūtra — Baudhāyana, Sanskrit