The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t13.15
The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t13.15
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c8.t13.15
*ag*, *hg*, *ih* and *ji* are curved. D. neglected the curvature of *ag*, but considered the rest by giving the values of the *śara*, the distance between the centre of the arc and the respective chord in each case. For *hg*, *ih* and *ji*, these values are 31 *ti*; 26 *ti*., and 25 *ti*. respectively. Calculation of arcs and their *śaras* were obviously considered important mathematical exercises in medieval India when these commentaries were prepared.