The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c7.23

c7.23

This method is equally available even when m is a rational fraction; that is, when the given leg is increased also by a multiple of it, instead of by only a sub-multiple of it. But this further generalisation seems to have escaped the notice of Kapardisvāmī. At any rate, his statement does not expressly show that he meant both the cases by his generalisation. Karavindasvāmī is, however, very explicit to leave no doubt in our mind in this respect.