[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) › c22.45 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c22.45 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c22.45 - **Language:** English ### [c22.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c22.45) \*Area.\*—In the early Hindu geometry a figure is generally denoted by the term \*kṣetra\*³ and its area by \*bhūmi\*.⁴ Occasionally, however, the term \*kṣetra\* is employed also in the sense of an area.⁴ - [Previous: c22.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c22.44) - [Next: c22.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c22.46) - [Up: c22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c22) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c22.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c22.45) · Pramāṇa