[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) › c20.s2.10 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c20.s2.10 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c20.s2.10 - **Language:** English ### [c20.s2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c20.s2.10) "The relation of 16 33/34 to 12 was finally generalised into the rule: increase a measure by its third, this third by its own fourth less the thirty-fourth part of this fourth (16 33/34 = 12 + 12/3 + 12/(3 × 4) - 12/(3 × 4 × 34)). The example of the saviśeṣa given by commentators is indeed 16 33/34 : 12; the case recommended itself by being the first in which the third part of a number and the fourth part of the third part were both whole numbers." - [Previous: c20.s2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c20.s2.9) - [Next: c20.s2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c20.s2.11) - [Up: c20.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c20.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c20.s2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c20.s2.10) · Pramāṇa