[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Indian Mathematics](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1915) › c8.17 # Indian Mathematics c8.17 Indian Mathematics c8.17 - **Language:** English ### [c8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1915.c8.17) The curious may compare \*pārśva\* ‘a rib,’ ‘side’ with the Greek \*pleura\*; \*koṭi\* which primarily means a claw or horn but is used for the perpendicular side of a triangle, with \*káthetos\*; \*jātya\* which means ‘legitimate,’ ‘genuine,’ but is used to denote a right-angled triangle with \*orthogōnia\*; and so on. - [Previous: c8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1915.c8.16) - [Next: c8.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1915.c8.20) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1915.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1915.c8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1915.c8.17) · Pramāṇa