[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) › c21.s2.4 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c21.s2.4 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c21.s2.4 - **Language:** English ### [c21.s2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c21.s2.4) Thus it is an instance of division of fractions. Or the same result may have been obtained in a slightly different way which is, indeed, a simplified method of division. Since the area of each brick is 1/25 of a square puruṣa, one square puruṣa will contain 25 such bricks. Therefore an area of 7½ square puruṣas will contain $7½ × 25 = 187 ½ .$ bricks. If the area of each brick be "One-fifteenth of half of a square puruṣa," says Baudhāyana,¹ the number of bricks used will be 225. That is, $7 ½ ÷ 1/15 of ½ = 15/2 ÷ 1/30 = 15/2 × 30 = 225.$ - [Previous: c21.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c21.s2.3) - [Next: c21.s2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c21.s2.5) - [Up: c21.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c21.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c21.s2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c21.s2.4) · Pramāṇa