The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t2.76
The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t2.76
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c8.t2.76
However, Dvārakānātha Yajvāc, commentator of *Baudhāyana śulba* has proposed the following correction to the formula of Baudhāyana, which gives better result: $r = [a + a/3 (√2 - 1)] (1 - 1/118)$