[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.s3.19 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c20.s3.19 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c20.s3.19 - **Language:** English ### [c20.s3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c20.s3.19) Now what is the radical significance of the term \*saviśeṣa\*? Before answering this question, we shall point out that occasionally the term has been used to denote the complete diagonal in general; that is, in the sense \*saviśeṣa\* of a = a√2.⁵ Again in one instance in the \*Āpastamba\* \*Śulba\*,¹ we find the use $Viśeṣa of a = a/3 + a/3.4 - a/3.4.34.$ - [Previous: c20.s3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c20.s3.18) - [Next: c20.s3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c20.s3.20) - [Up: c20.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c20.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c20.s3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c20.s3.19) · Pramāṇa