[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932) › c10.112 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c10.112 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c10.112 - **Language:** English ### [c10.112](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.112) "Construct a rectangle (\*abcd\*) of length (\*aD\*) equal to one-fourth of a puruṣa and breadth (\*Dc\*) equal to one-seventh of the side (\*DM\*) of (half) the wing; by the slanting side (\*DP\*) the mouth of this rectangle should be changed so that the sides (\*Df\* and \*ae\*) might be bent to the one-seventh of the slanting side of the wing (\*DP\*)."² - [Previous: c10.111](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.111) - [Next: c10.113](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.113) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.112](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.112) · Pramāṇa