The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c7.43

The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c7.43

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c7.43

Dvārakanātha must be posterior to Āryabhaṭa I (499) whom he quotes.¹ He proves with the help of illustrative examples that the methods taught in the *Śulbas* for the squaring of a circle and *vice versa* do not lead to an accurate result as compared with that obtained by the method of Āryabhaṭa. If 2*a* be the side of the square equivalent to the circle of radius *r*, then according to the *Śulba*,

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Āryabhaṭīya — Āryabhaṭa, Sanskrit