The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c6.18

c6.18

² There is a bit of uncertainty about the total number of verses in the *Pariśiṣṭa* of the *Kātyāyana Śulba*. The manuscript of it that is preserved in the Library of the India Office, London (No. E 363), has 48 verses, whereas the manuscript in possession of the Bhandarkar Institute, Poona (No. 74 of A 1881-82), shows only 40 verses. The latter MS. also includes the commentary of Mahīdhara on that manual and he counts 43 verses.