[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) › c14.63 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c14.63 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c14.63 - **Language:** English ### [c14.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c14.63) “For the \*Paitṛkī\*(-\*vedi\*), construct a square whose area is two square puruṣas; fix poles at the middle of its sides. (The figure formed by lines joining these poles will be the \*vedi\* required.) This is the method of construction.”² - [Previous: c14.62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c14.62) - [Next: c14.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c14.64) - [Up: c14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c14.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c14.63) · Pramāṇa