[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) › c22.7 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c22.7 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c22.7 - **Language:** English ### [c22.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c22.7) \*Line\*.—The line is called in the \*Sulba\*, \*lekhā\* or \*rekhā\*, both the terms being identical, as, according to the rules of the Sanskrit Grammar, the alphabets \*l\* and \*r\* can be replaced mutually. A straight line is distinguished as \*ṛjulekhā\*, \*ṛju\* meaning "straight."³ - [Previous: c22.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c22.6) - [Next: c22.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c22.8) - [Up: c22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c22) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c22.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c22.7) · Pramāṇa