[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) › c15.56 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c15.56 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c15.56 - **Language:** English ### [c15.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c15.56) Thibaut has the reading \*vijñeyāni\* in the place of \*jñeyāni\* given by Bürk and also found in my manuscripts. The difference is, however, immaterial. Thibaut translates the passage thus, ' So many " cognizable " measurements of the \*vedi\* exist.'² Bürk renders it as ' There are so many " recognizable " (erkennbare) constructions of the \*vedi\*,'³ and has thus closely followed Thibaut. The latter further observes : " That means : these are the measurements of the \*vedi\* effected by oblongs, of which the sides and the diagonal can be known, \*i.e.\*, can be expressed in integral numbers." Bürk is of the same opinion. - [Previous: c15.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c15.55) - [Next: c15.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c15.57) - [Up: c15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c15) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c15.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c15.56) · Pramāṇa