[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) › c10.37 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c10.37 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c10.37 - **Language:** English ### [c10.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.37) "Take a cord two times the measure of the given side of the square; make a tie at both ends and a mark at the middle. With one half of this cord measure the east-to-west (breadth) of the square. In the other half, make a mark at a distance (from the western end) less by its one-fourth. Let this mark be called \*nyañchana\*. Make another mark at the middle of that half for the purpose of (determining) the eastern corners. Having fastened the two ties at the two extremities of the east-to-west breadth, stretch the cord towards the south by the \*nyañchana\* mark. Thus the two eastern and two western corners of the square should be constructed by the middle mark of the other half of the cord."¹ (Fig. 24.) - [Previous: c10.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.36) - [Next: c10.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.38) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10) ## Cites (1) - [Baudhāyanaśulbasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.sulba.baudhayana) — Baudhāyana, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.37) · Pramāṇa