[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) › c11.74 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c11.74 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c11.74 - **Language:** English ### [c11.74](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c11.74) "The side drawn cross becomes the diagonal (of a certain rectangle). Let it be the generator of the fourfold (of a certain square). It produces (a square equal to) both the squares which are produced separately by the cut-off portion (of the opposite side) and the other side (\*i.e.\*, the shorter side of the rectangular segment of the larger square or the side of the other square). - [Previous: c11.73](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c11.73) - [Next: c11.75](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c11.75) - [Up: c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c11) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c11.74](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c11.74) · Pramāṇa