The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t2.7
The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t2.7
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c8.t2.7
For the combination of a smaller square *EBGF* with another square *ABCD*, this rule of Baudhāyana suggests that the rectangular portion *ABGH* is cut off by the side of the smaller square whose side is equal to *BG*. Then *AG* of this cut-off portion will be the side of the combined square (Fig. 12).