[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) › c22.32 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c22.32 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c22.32 - **Language:** English ### [c22.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c22.32) \*Circle\*.—In the \*Śulba\*, the circle is designated the \*maṇḍala\* ("round"),⁵ \*pari-maṇḍala\* ("round on all sides");⁶ the circumference, \*parināha\*⁷ ("bounding line on all sides"), and the diameter, \*viṣkambha\*⁸ or \*vyāsa\* ("breadth"). The centre of the circle is called \*madhya\* ("middle"). But this term is also used in more general sense for the middlemost point of a square or rectangle,⁹ or of a line.¹⁰ The segment of the circle is denoted by the term \*pradhi\*.¹¹ - [Previous: c22.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c22.31) - [Next: c22.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c22.33) - [Up: c22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c22) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c22.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c22.32) · Pramāṇa