[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) › c24.7 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c24.7 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c24.7 - **Language:** English ### [c24.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c24.7) Factorisation, 218-20. Figures, construction of similar, 24; Division of, 24; Rectilinear, 222. (See also Similar Figures.) Fire altar, 152 \*et seq.\*; Enlargement of, 158 \*et seq.\*, 174 \*et seq.\*, 203 \*et seq.\*; Falcon-shaped, 22-23, 67, 183 \*et seq.\*, 215-216; bending the wings, 37-38; construction of, 154 \*et seq.\*, 158n; enlargement of, 166 \*et seq.\*; form of, 134; magnitude, 34; measurement, 34-37. (See Altars, Āhavanīya, Dakṣiṇa, Gārhapatya.) Fraction, 212-17; Division of, 214; Fraction of a, 213; General fraction, 213; Operations with, 213-17; Squaring of a, 216; Terminology of, 212-13; Unit fraction, 212 \*et seq.\* - [Previous: c24.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c24.6) - [Next: c24.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c24.8) - [Up: c24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c24) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c24.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c24.7) · Pramāṇa