- the most part, the
Śulvasūtras do not
contain proofs of the
rules which they describe. The rule
stated in the Baudhāyana
Śulvasūtra is: दीर्घचतुरस्रस्याक्ष्णया...
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derived from the old
Babylonian rule; hence,
Mesopotamian influence in the
Sulvasutras is not unlikely.
Aspastamba knew that the
square on the
diagonal of a...
- tb00682.x. Dani, S.G. (1
August 2019). "Some
constructions in the Mānava
Śulvasūtra". arXiv:1908.00440 [math.HO]. O'Connor, John J.; Robertson,
Edmund F....
- Kātyāyana was also
interested in mathematics. Here his text on the
sulvasutras dealt with geometry, and
extended the
treatment of the
Pythagorean theorem...
- Tang
dynasty (618–907),
Hindu texts translated into
Chinese included the
Śulvasūtra, the Śulvaśāstra and the
Prescriptions of
Brahmin Rishis. The Tibetans...
- 15, and 17, or 12, 35, and 37.
Although Mesopotamian influence in the
Sulvasũtras is not unlikely, we know of no
conclusive evidence for or
against this...
-
understood may
still not have
featured in the
Sulvasutras. The
occurrence of the
triples in the
Sulvasutras is
comparable to
mathematics that one may encounter...
-
Seidenberg quotes Thibaut from 1875: "Regarding the time in
which the
Sulvasutras may have been composed, it is
impossible to give more
accurate information...
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University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-69053-9. Thibaut,
George (1875). "On the
Śulvasútras". The
Journal of the
Asiatic Society of Bengal. 44: 227–275. Seshadri...
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understood may
still not have
featured in the
Sulvasutras. The
occurrence of the
triples in the
Sulvasutras is
comparable to
mathematics that one may encounter...
