[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) › c8.119 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c8.119 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c8.119 - **Language:** English ### [c8.119](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c8.119) But when \*Nākasad\* and \*Pañcacūḍā\* bricks are employed, after the fourth layer, there will be a sixth layer as the height of these bricks are half the usual height of a brick, \*viz.\*, the one-fifth of a \*jānu\* (=32 aṅgulis). This sixth layer is mentioned also in the \*Taittirīya Saṃhitā\*.² - [Previous: c8.118](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c8.118) - [Next: c8.120](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c8.120) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c8.119](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c8.119) · Pramāṇa