[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) › c16.39 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c16.39 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c16.39 - **Language:** English ### [c16.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c16.39) Thibaut supposes that Baudhāyana then proceeded in the following way: "One-eighth of 1393 = 174⅛; this multiplied by 7 = 1218⅞. Difference between 1218⅞ and 1224 = 5⅛. Dividing 174 (Baudhāyana takes 174 instead of 174⅛, neglecting the fraction as either insignificant or, more likely, as inconvenient) by 29 we get 6; subtracting from 6 its sixth part we get 5 and adding to this the eighth part of the sixth part of six, we get 5⅛. In other words: $1224 = ⅞ + 1/8.29 - 1/8.29.6 + 1/8.29.6.8 of 1393$ (due allowance made for the neglected ⅛)."¹ - [Previous: c16.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c16.38) - [Next: c16.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c16.40) - [Up: c16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c16) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c16.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c16.39) · Pramāṇa