The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c5.s3.20
The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c5.s3.20
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c5.s3.20
In connection with the pits for stacking the sacrificial poles in, Baudhāyana has given the ratio of the circumference to the diameter as 3. We have shown from the rules for transforming squares into circles, as given by Baudhāyana, that the *śulbakāras* in all probability knew of more accurate value of π.