[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) › c13.19 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c13.19 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c13.19 - **Language:** English ### [c13.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c13.19) "The \*Mahāvedi\* measures (in area) one-thousand less twenty-eight (square) padas. Draw a straight line from the south-eastern corner (of the \*vedi\*) to a point 12 padas towards the south-western corner. Place the portion thus cut off on the other (\*i.e.\*, northern) side of the \*vedi\* after inverting it. It (the \*Mahāvedi\*) will then become a rectangle. After that construction the area will be apparent."¹ - [Previous: c13.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c13.18) - [Next: c13.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c13.20) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c13.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c13.19) · Pramāṇa