[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) › c10.80 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c10.80 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c10.80 - **Language:** English ### [c10.80](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.80) "The diagonal of a rectangle whose sides are 3 and 4 (\*pada\* or \*prakrama\*) is 5. With these increased by three times themselves (are determined) the two eastern corners of the \*vedi\*. With them increased by four times themselves (are fixed) the two western corners."² (Fig. 29.) - [Previous: c10.79](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.79) - [Next: c10.81](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.81) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.80](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.80) · Pramāṇa