The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c17.76

c17.76

² *ŚBr*, x. 2.3. 6-7. In this metaphor, the *Agni*, as usual, is called the Father Prajāpati; his child is the unit of measure employed; and the womb is his form and hence the numbers representing the spatial relations of that form (cf. *ŚBr*, viii. 6.3.12; x. 2.3.3). This passage has been referred to in the aphorism vi. 4 of the *Kātyāyana Śulba*.