Geometry in Ancient and Medieval India
Śulbasūtra, Jaina, Āryabhaṭa-to-Kerala geometry: plane figures, cyclic quadrilaterals, circle, π, volumes, with Sanskrit quotations and derivations.
- Language
- English
- Author
- T. A. Sarasvati Amma
- Extent
- 2,160 passages, 73,829 words
- Text
- complete digital text
- Source
- archive.org · 2nd rev. ed., Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass 1999; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.8 Flash; chapters and… · In copyright (T. A. Sarasvati Amma †2000); freely available on archive.org — shown with credit and a link to…
Contents
- c1 Front matter — 2 parts
- c2 Geometry in Ancient and Medieval India — 9 parts
- c3 Foreword — 11 parts
- c4 Preface — 8 parts
- c5 Contents — 20 parts
- c6 Chapter I. Introduction — 14 parts
- c7 Chapter II. Śulbasūtra Geometry — 18 parts
- c8 Chapter III. Early Jaina Geometry — 30 parts
- c9 Chapter IV. The Trapezium — 88 parts
- c10 Chapter V. The Quadrilateral — 11 parts
- c11 Chapter VI. The Triangle — 122 parts
- c12 Chapter VII. The Circle — 52 parts
- c13 Chapter VIII. Volumes and Surfaces of Solids — 21 parts
- c14 Chapter IX — 177 parts
- c15 Chapter X. Shadow Problems and Other Problems — 61 parts
- c16 Glossary of Geometrical Terms — 98 parts
- c17 Bibliography — 3 parts
- c18 Index — 44 parts