The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c22.7
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c22.7
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c22.7
*Line*.—The line is called in the *Sulba*, *lekhā* or *rekhā*, both the terms being identical, as, according to the rules of the Sanskrit Grammar, the alphabets *l* and *r* can be replaced mutually. A straight line is distinguished as *ṛjulekhā*, *ṛju* meaning "straight."³