[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.s3.2 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c13.s3.2 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c13.s3.2 - **Language:** English ### [c13.s3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c13.s3.2) "He should construct the \*Śmaśāna-cit\* ('the Fire-altar of the shape of the cemetery') who desires: 'May I gain prosperity in the \*Pitṛloka\* (the world of the fathers):'¹ it has been (taught). Six puruṣas are the length of the east-to-west line, three the length of the eastern side and two the length of the western side. This is the body (of that Fire-altar)."² - [Previous: c13.s3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c13.s3.1) - [Next: c13.s3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c13.s3.3) - [Up: c13.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c13.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c13.s3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c13.s3.2) · Pramāṇa