[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) › c6.18 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c6.18 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c6.18 - **Language:** English ### [c6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.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. - [Previous: c6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c6.17) - [Next: c6.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c6.19) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c6) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kātyāyanaśulbasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.sulba.katyayana) — Kātyāyana (Vājasaneyi sūtrakāra), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c6.18) · Pramāṇa