[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) › c17.55 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c17.55 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c17.55 - **Language:** English ### [c17.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c17.55) If the number of square puruṣas (m) to be added to the original area of the Agni (7½ square puruṣas), be an exact multiple or submultiple of it, the geometrical operations are much simplified. For if m = n × 7½, where n may be integral as well as fractional, then the length of the new unit will be easily obtained to be equal to √(1+n) puruṣa. Thus it is the (1+n)th \*karaṇī\* of a puruṣa, as has been stated by all the Śulbakāras. - [Previous: c17.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c17.54) - [Next: c17.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c17.56) - [Up: c17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c17) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c17.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c17.55) · Pramāṇa