[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) › c17.29 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c17.29 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c17.29 - **Language:** English ### [c17.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c17.29) "Divide that which is to be the difference from the original (given) size of the altar into 15 equal parts; add to each of the (constituent) portions (\*vidha\*, that is, units) of the given figure two of these parts. Then construct a figure (in the same way as the given one) with 7½ of these (altered) units.''¹ - [Previous: c17.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c17.28) - [Next: c17.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c17.30) - [Up: c17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c17) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c17.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c17.29) · Pramāṇa