The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c22.45
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c22.45
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c22.45
*Area.*—In the early Hindu geometry a figure is generally denoted by the term *kṣetra*³ and its area by *bhūmi*.⁴ Occasionally, however, the term *kṣetra* is employed also in the sense of an area.⁴