[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) › c17.66 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c17.66 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c17.66 - **Language:** English ### [c17.66](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c17.66) ''Now the construction of (the enlarged forms of) the \*Agni\*: Twenty-eight (square) puruṣas are in front and twenty-eight (square) puruṣas behind; this is the body (of the \*Agni\*). Fourteen (square) puruṣas form the southern wing; fourteen the northern wing and fourteen the tail. Fourteen \*aratnis\* (meaning, a length equal to the side of a square comprising fourteen square aratnis (i.\*e\*., √14 aratnis) is added to the southern wing; fourteen aratnis to the northern wing; and fourteen vitastis (meaning, a length equal to the side of a square of fourteen square vitastis, \*i.e.\*, √14 vitastis) to the tail. This is the measurement of (the \*Agni\* of) 98 square puruṣas with a little excess (due to the increment of the wings and the tail). Or again - [Previous: c17.65](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c17.65) - [Next: c17.67](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c17.67) - [Up: c17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c17) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c17.66](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c17.66) · Pramāṇa