The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c5.s3.9
The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c5.s3.9
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c5.s3.9
Several methods of constructing a square on a given straight line have been given. Rectangles are rectilinear figures of which the two sides are different. For the construction of such rectilinear figures the squared relationship between the diagonal and the two sides has been given at various places in the *śulbasūtras*, which we summarize below: