The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t1.45
The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t1.45
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(iii) Thibautd opined that the *śulbakāras* were observant of the fact that the square on *AD* is equivalent to four equal triangles, one of which is equal to half of the square on *OA* or *OD*, i.e. the squares on *OA* and *OD* together are equivalent to four equal triangles (Fig. 8). This pattern of arrangement of equilateral triangles are actually found in the first layer of construction with bricks in the *vakrapakṣaśyenacit* as described by Baudhāyana.