[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) › c12.27 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c12.27 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c12.27 - **Language:** English ### [c12.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c12.27) "If you wish to transform a square into a rectangle, (cut off from it a rectangular segment) by making a side as long as you wish (a side of the transformed rectangle to be). What remains in excess, should be added (to the former) as suitably as to fit.”¹ - [Previous: c12.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c12.26) - [Next: c12.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c12.28) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c12.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c12.27) · Pramāṇa