[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) › c19.s1.9 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c19.s1.9 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c19.s1.9 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c19.s1.9) There seems to have been an attempt to find the rational right triangles having a given leg. We find in the \*Śulba\* at least two such right triangles having a common leg a, \*viz.\*, $(a, 3a/4, 5a/4) and (a, 5a/12, 13a/12).$ - [Previous: c19.s1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c19.s1.8) - [Next: c19.s1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c19.s1.10) - [Up: c19.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c19.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c19.s1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c19.s1.9) · Pramāṇa