The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t18.14

The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t18.14

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c8.t18.14

The *sūtra* *Āśl.* 2.5, undoubtedly a special case of *Āśl.* 2.4, defines the diagonal of a square a as *dvikaraṇī* or √2 a. This has been discussed in *Bśl.* 1.9-1.11.

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Āpastambaśulbasūtra — Āpastamba, Sanskrit