[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) › c17.56 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c17.56 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c17.56 - **Language:** English ### [c17.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c17.56) This kind of increment is called \*sarvābhyāsa\* (or "the increment by the whole") in contradistinction to the other which is called \*puruṣābhyāsa\* (or "the increment by puruṣa").² - [Previous: c17.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c17.55) - [Next: c17.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c17.57) - [Up: c17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c17) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c17.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c17.56) · Pramāṇa