[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) › c22.16 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c22.16 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c22.16 - **Language:** English ### [c22.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c22.16) An isosceles triangle is denoted by the term \*praüga\*. This word is probably derived from \*pra\* + \*yuga\*, meaning "the forepart of the shafts of a chariot." A rhombus is similarly called \*ubhayataḥ praüga\* ("praüga on both sides") inasmuch as it is divided into two praügas by a diagonal. Both these terms are as old as the \*Taittirīya Saṃhitā\*⁶ and continued to be used in the same sense in posterior works, the \*Brāhmaṇa\* and \*Śrauta\* including \*Śulba\*. - [Previous: c22.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c22.15) - [Next: c22.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c22.17) - [Up: c22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c22) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c22.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c22.16) · Pramāṇa