The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c24.7
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c24.7
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Factorisation, 218-20. Figures, construction of similar, 24; Division of, 24; Rectilinear, 222. (See also Similar Figures.) Fire altar, 152 *et seq.*; Enlargement of, 158 *et seq.*, 174 *et seq.*, 203 *et seq.*; Falcon-shaped, 22-23, 67, 183 *et seq.*, 215-216; bending the wings, 37-38; construction of, 154 *et seq.*, 158n; enlargement of, 166 *et seq.*; form of, 134; magnitude, 34; measurement, 34-37. (See Altars, Āhavanīya, Dakṣiṇa, Gārhapatya.) Fraction, 212-17; Division of, 214; Fraction of a, 213; General fraction, 213; Operations with, 213-17; Squaring of a, 216; Terminology of, 212-13; Unit fraction, 212 *et seq.*