[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) › c22.28 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c22.28 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c22.28 - **Language:** English ### [c22.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c22.28) ¹ \*BŚl\*, i. 52; iii. 55, 65; \*BŚr\*, x. 19, xix. 1. Compare \*ṚV\*, viii. 7. 35; \*ĀpŚl\*, ii. 5. Rāma, the commentator of the \*Kātyāyana Śulba\*, is of opinion that this line is so called because it divides the figure into two \*akṣi\* or "eyes": - [Previous: c22.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c22.27) - [Next: c22.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c22.29) - [Up: c22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c22) ## Linked texts (4) - [Baudhāyanaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.baudhayana.10.19) — Baudhāyana, Sanskrit - [Āpastambaśulbasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.sulba.apastamba.2.5) — Āpastamba, Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.8.7.35) — Sanskrit - [Baudhāyanaśulbasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.sulba.baudhayana) — Baudhāyana, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c22.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c22.28) · Pramāṇa