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Mensuration with quadrilaterals had received attention in the siddhānta tradition at least since Brahmagupta. However, in Bhāskarācārya’s Līlāvatī we come across some distinctively new features. In this paper an attempt will be made to put the development in historical perspective.
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Ramasubramanian, K., Hayashi, T., Montelle, C., Dani, S.G. (2019). Mensuration of quadrilaterals in the Līlāvatī. In: Ramasubramanian, K., Hayashi, T., Montelle, C. (eds) Bhāskara-prabhā. Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6034-3_7
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