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A discussion of Jean Michel Delire’s Les mathématiques de l’autel védique. Le Baudhāyana Śulbasūtra et son commentaire Śulbadīpikā.
Keywords:
- Indian (Vedic) mathematics,
- Baudhāyana Śulvasūtra,
- Śulbadīpikā,
- Jean Michel Delire
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