The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c17.60

c17.60

" As much this *vedi* of the seven-fold Fire-altar is, making fourteen times, so much, one measures the *vedi* of 101-fold. Or then he measures (by means of) a cord 36 prakramas long ; folds it into 7 equal parts; of these three parts he adds to the east-west line and throws out 4. Then he measures 30 prakramas; folds them into 7 equal parts; of these three parts he adds to the hind (transverse line) and throws out 4. Then he measures 24 prakramas; folds them into 7 parts; of these 3 parts he adds to the front (transverse line) and throws off 4. This, then, is the alternative measurement of the (enlarged) *Vedi*."²