[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) › c7.39 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c7.39 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c7.39 - **Language:** English ### [c7.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c7.39) ¹ “ \*\*शरार्द्ध प्रमाणेन धनुरर्द्ध मध्यस्य धनुषो फलावगम इत्यादि गणितशास्त्रादवगन्तव्यमिति ।\*\* ”—\*ĀpŚl\*, iii. 5 (\*com.\*). But on a different occasion (\*ĀpŚl\*, vii. 14-15, \*com.\*), he says “ \*\*शराहतं तु कोदण्डदलितौ धनुषः फलम् ।\*\* ” This indeed gives accurately the area of the sector of the circle. - [Previous: c7.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c7.38) - [Next: c7.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c7.40) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c7.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c7.39) · Pramāṇa