[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) › c17.60 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c17.60 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c17.60 - **Language:** English ### [c17.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.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 - [Previous: c17.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c17.59) - [Next: c17.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c17.61) - [Up: c17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c17) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c17.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c17.60) · Pramāṇa