Geometry in Ancient and Medieval India c8.4

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c8.4

¹ *Sūryaprajñapti* I. 7 and IV. This very rough value of π is met with in ancient Babylonian and Chinese mathematics also. The Egyptian value of (8/9)².4 is very near to the Jaina value of √10.

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Sūriyapannatti — Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit