The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c8.11
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c8.11
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c8.11
The *Saumikī-vedi* or *Mahā-vedi* is described as an isosceles trapezium whose face is 24 padas (or prakramas), base 30 padas and altitude 36 padas. The *Sautrāmaṇī-vedi* is stated to be an isosceles trapezium similar to and with an area one-third that of the *Mahā-vedi*, and the *Paitṛkī-vedi* is one-ninth of the latter. The *Prāgvaṁśa* is a rectangle. These and other similar altars lead to the operations :