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=136 with the same centre. Line AB is 1000 long and cuts the inner circle at C. The line ED is parallel to AB and at a distance of 250. The line ED cuts the outer circle at F. Join line AF and this will cut the inner circle at point G. Now join line CG and point H is the midpoint of CG. A triangle made by joining H,F and B would return an area of 108,000. It would be further found that the base of the triangle measured to 252.0085849655 and the vertical drop to it would measure 857.1136575748. The area of the triangle as a product of these figures would be 108,000.000000015. The inset wheel form in the picture is the rdsi circle in full. The area is indeed 108.000 since triangle CFB would also be equal in area [(864 x 250)/2 = 108,000]. Besides the same triangle could also be constructed with an offset of 125 to both sides of the centre line and C as apex point and therefore the area being (864 x 250)/2
108,000. For this second construction the circles are not necessary. It should be noted that the dimensions of these two triangles are slightly different, while the area being the same.
After knowing this much about this specific geometry, if we look at the Puruṣasukta the interpretation of the first four verses would be found to have contributed the following values.
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Figure 2: Geometry of RV10.90
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