The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c9.27
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c9.27
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² The reference is to a square brick, called *pañcamī*, for each side of it is equal to the fifth (*pañcama*) part of a *puruṣa* and to a rectangular brick one-fifth of a *puruṣa* by one-fifth of a *puruṣa* and its half.