The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c9.13

c9.13

is then divided into 8 equal parts by drawing four diameters.⁴ Similarly in an alternative circular shape of the *Mārjālīya* fire, the circle has to be divided into 6 equal parts.¹ A circular annulus has been divided into 32 equal parts;² another annulus into 64 equal parts and then again into two parts each by drawing the mean circle.³