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The Hindu Geometry originated in a very remote age in connection with the construction of the altars for the Vedic sacrifices. The sacrifices, as described in the Vedic literature of the Hindus, were of various kinds. The performance of some of them was obligatory upon every Vedic Hindu, and hence they were known as nitya (or “obligatory”, “indispensable”). Other sacrifices were to be performed each with the purpose of achieving some special object. Those who did not aim at the attainment of any such object had no need to perform any of them. These sacrifices were classed as kāmya (or “optional”, “intentional”).
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Kolachana, A., Mahesh, K., Ramasubramanian, K. (2019). Hindu geometry. In: Kolachana, A., Mahesh, K., Ramasubramanian, K. (eds) Studies in Indian Mathematics and Astronomy. Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7326-8_15
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