[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) › c10.42 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c10.42 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c10.42 - **Language:** English ### [c10.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.42) "Add to a cord as long as the given side its half and make a mark at a distance (from the other end of the added portion) less by its sixth part. Fasten the ends of the (increased) cord at the extremities of the east-west line and stretch it towards the south having taken by the mark and put a sign at the point reached by it. Do similarly on the north and again on both sides after interchanging the ends of the cord. This is the construction."² (Fig. 25.) - [Previous: c10.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.41) - [Next: c10.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.43) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10) ## Cites (1) - [Āpastambaśulbasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.sulba.apastamba) — Āpastamba, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.42) · Pramāṇa