[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) › c18.58 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c18.58 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c18.58 - **Language:** English ### [c18.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c18.58) ⁵ Eggeling was wrong in supposing that \*ekaviṁśa Agni\* means "an altar measuring twenty-one man's length on each of the four sides of its body." (\*ŚBr\*, V, p. 334, fn. 2.) - [Previous: c18.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c18.57) - [Next: c18.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c18.59) - [Up: c18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c18) ## Cites (1) - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c18.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c18.58) · Pramāṇa