[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) › c17.76 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c17.76 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c17.76 - **Language:** English ### [c17.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.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\*. - [Previous: c17.75](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c17.75) - [Next: c17.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c17.77) - [Up: c17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c17) ## Linked texts (2) - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.8.6.3.12) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit - [Kātyāyanaśulbasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.sulba.katyayana) — Kātyāyana (Vājasaneyi sūtrakāra), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c17.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c17.76) · Pramāṇa