[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) › c24.52 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c24.52 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c24.52 - **Language:** English ### [c24.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c24.52) Euclidian proof, 50; Technical terms of, 221-26. (See \*Śulba-sūtra.\*) \*Śulba-dīpikā\*, 10. \*Śulba-mīmāṁsā\*, 10 \*Śulba-Pradīpa\*, 10. \*Śulba Pradīpikā\* 10. \*Śulba-sūtra\*, of Āpastamba, 3-4; of Baudhāyana, 2-3; Classification of, 6-7; Commentators of, \*q.v.\*; Definition of, 1-7; Number of, 1, 1n; π evaluated according to, 18; Problems of Geometry in, 2, 2n; Study of, 12; Time of, 6-7. \*Śulba-sūtra-vivaraṇa\*, 10. \*Śulba-sūtra-vṛtti\*, 10. \*Śulba-vārttika\*, 11. \*Śulba-vyākhyā\*, 10. Sundararāja, 10, 87 \*et seq.\*; Age of, 17-18. \*Suparṇa-citi\*, 34n. \*Suparṇa Garutman\* (or \*Suparṇa\*), 34. Surds, 185 \*et seq.\*; Evaluation of some, 205; Formula, approximate, 206-11; Hindu knowledge of, 185; Hindu knowledge of the irrationality of √2, 195-203; Rationalisation of simple, 185; \*Śulba\* name of, 188; Value of √2, 188-89; Hindu origin of, 189-94; Value of √3, 194-95. \*Śyena\*, 34. \*Śyena-cit\*, 22-23. (See Altar, falcon-shaped; \*Caturasra-Śyena-cit\*, \*Vakrapakṣa-Śyena-cit\*). Symmetry, Line of, 221. - [Previous: c24.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c24.51) - [Next: c24.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c24.53) - [Up: c24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c24) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c24.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c24.52) · Pramāṇa