[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) › c10.87 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c10.87 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c10.87 - **Language:** English ### [c10.87](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.87) "The diagonal of a rectangle whose sides are 5 and 12, is 13. With them the eastern corners of the \*vedi\* (are determined); and with them increased by twice themselves the western corners (are fixed)"¹ (Fig. 30.) - [Previous: c10.86](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.86) - [Next: c10.88](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.88) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.87](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.87) · Pramāṇa