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angul); and (3) Pratarangul (square angul) multiplied by suchyangul (linear angul) is Ghanangul (cubic angul).
Elaboration-Suchyangul or suchi (needle) angul means a one angul long needle-like line having only one dimension The other two dimensions being one space-point each It can be illustrated with three points in a line
Pratarangul–Pratar means square. Suchyangul (linear angul) multiplied by suchyangul (linear angul) is Pratarangul (square angul) It is a square, one angul long and one angul wide and can be illustrated by three lines of three points each
Ghanangul-According to mathematics a number multiplied twice with the same number becomes its cube In three dimensional geometry a cube has three dimensions-length, width and thickness or height of a thing. Agam also conveys the same thing When pratarangul (square angul) is multiplied by suchyangul (linear angul) we get Ghanangul (cubic angul). It is a cube one angul long, one angul wide and one angul high and can be illustrated by extending the square formed by three lines of three points each to three points in the third dimension,
This means that Suchyangul is the unit of measuring length, Pratarangul (square angul) is the unit of measuring the length and width or the area and Ghanangul (cubic angul) is the unit of measuring length, width and height or volume. Practical example of this is—one angul long thread is one suchyangul (linear angul), one angul long and one angul wide piece of cloth is one pratarangul (square angul), and one angul lorg, one angul wide and one angul high piece of metal is one ghanangul (cubic angul).
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