[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) › c14.61 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c14.61 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c14.61 - **Language:** English ### [c14.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c14.61) An equally convincing hypothesis, which is very nearly alike to that of Bürk but free from all those defects, is suggested by the method of construction of the \*Paitṛkī-vedi\*. According to one tradition about that \*vedi\*, it is a square of one square puruṣa in area whose corners are turned towards the cardinal directions.¹ For its construction Kātyāyana indicates the following method: - [Previous: c14.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c14.60) - [Next: c14.62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c14.62) - [Up: c14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c14.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c14.61) · Pramāṇa