[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) › c24.50 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c24.50 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c24.50 - **Language:** English ### [c24.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c24.50) Sacrifice, Darśa, 21; Iṣṭi, 2; Nirūḍhapaśubandha, 21; Obligatory, 20; Optional, 20, 23; Paśu, 21; Paurṇamāsa, 21; Soma yajña, 21; Vedic, 20 et seq. Sadas, 34. Ṣaḍguruśiṣya, 18. Samara-sāra, 11. Samara-sāra-saṃgraha, 11. Śmaśāna, 23. Sāma-Veda, Schools of, 1n. Saṃhitā: see Kapiṣṭhala Saṃhitā, Kāṭhaka Saṃhitā, Maitrāyaṇīya Saṃhitā, Ṛg-Veda Saṃhitā, Taittirīya Saṃhitā, Vājasaneya Saṃhitā. Samūhya 23. Samūhya-cit, 150. Śankarabhaṭṭa, 12. Śāṅkhyāyana Gṛhya-paddhati, 11. Saptama-karaṇī 188. Sapta-ridha, 170. Śaradā-tilaka Tantra, 11. Sarvābhyāsa, 157. Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, 27n, 28 et seq., 28 n. Saumikī-vedī, 22, 64-67. (See Mahā-vedī.) Sautrāmaṇī-vedī, 22, 75, 98, 107, 152 et seq., 186. Saviśeṣa, 188, 196-202. Sāyaṇa, 12. Scalene triangle, Source of discovery by the Hindus, 45. Schopenhauer, 107. Segment of a circle, Hindu method of finding area, 17. Series, Early reference, 217; Progressive, 217-18. Similar Figures, 40, 152 et seq.; Construction, given a side, 162. (See also Trapezium.) - [Previous: c24.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c24.49) - [Next: c24.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c24.51) - [Up: c24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c24) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c24.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c24.50) · Pramāṇa