The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t2.40
The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t2.40
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c8.t2.40
From the square *ABCD*, the portion *AGHD* is cut off, such that AG = DH = PQ, the side of the required rectangle. The diagonal *AH* is produced to meet *BC* (produced) at *E*. The rectangle *ABEF* is completed. Then *AGKF* is the equivalent rectangle (Fig. 19).