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# The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c10.60

The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c10.60

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### [c10.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.60)

The Method IV is given by Baudhāyana,³ Āpastamba,⁴ Kātyāyana,⁵ Manu⁶ and Maitrāyaṇa; and the Method V by Āpastamba⁷ and Kātyāyana.⁸ It is also taught by Baudhāyana.⁹ He would, however, restrict its application to the construction of a rectangle.

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## Cites (4)

- [Mānavaśulbasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.sulba.manava) — Sanskrit
- [Baudhāyanaśulbasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.sulba.baudhayana) — Baudhāyana, Sanskrit
- [Āpastambaśulbasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.sulba.apastamba) — Āpastamba, Sanskrit
- [Kātyāyanaśulbasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.sulba.katyayana) — Kātyāyana (Vājasaneyi sūtrakāra), Sanskrit

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