The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c9.54
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c9.54
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The assumption of the truth of this theorem forms the basis of the *Sulba* method of the construction of a parallelogram having given sides inclined at a given angle, which will be described later on. It was also known in the time of the *Satapatha Brāhmaṇa*.¹