[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) › c10.77 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c10.77 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c10.77 - **Language:** English ### [c10.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.77) "Add to a cord of 36 (\*pada\* or \*prakrama\*) 18 and make a mark at 12 and a mark at 15 from its western end. Having fastened the ends of the cord to (the two poles at) the two extremities of the east-west line (of 36 \*pada\*) stretch it towards the south by taking by the mark at 15 and fix a pole (at the point reached by the mark); (proceed) similarly towards the north. These poles are the two western corners of the \*vedi\*. For (determining) the two eastern corners, interchange (the ends of the cord) and then stretching it towards the south by the mark at 15, fix a pole at (the point reached by) the mark at 12; (proceed) similarly towards the north. These are the two eastern corners. This is the method of construction with one cord."¹ (Fig. 28.) - [Previous: c10.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.76) - [Next: c10.78](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.78) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.77) · Pramāṇa