[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.s2.6 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c21.s2.6 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c21.s2.6 - **Language:** English ### [c21.s2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c21.s2.6) In describing the \*Droṇacit\*, Baudhāyana writes :² "Its body is a square; its side is three puruṣas less one-third. On the western side of the body is the handle. Its length east-to-west is half a puruṣa plus ten aṅgulis and its breadth north-to-south is one puruṣa less one-third. Thus is made the sevenfold \*Agni\* with the two aratnis and the prādeśa." - [Previous: c21.s2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c21.s2.5) - [Next: c21.s2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c21.s2.7) - [Up: c21.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c21.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c21.s2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c21.s2.6) · Pramāṇa