The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t37.2
The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t37.2
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c8.t37.2
This chapter deals with the method of calculating the diagonal of a right triangle when its other sides are known. Sometimes out of three sides any two are known, when the third can be calculated. The length is known as measure or *pramāṇa* or *pārśvamānī*, breadth *veśeṣa* or *tiryaṅmānī*, and diagonal *akṣṇayā*.