[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) › c8.44 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c8.44 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c8.44 - **Language:** English ### [c8.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c8.44) ¹ There are innumerable references in the \*Ṛg-veda\* to the sacrifice-altars and their constructions. For the mention of the \*vedi\*, see for instance \*ṚV\*, i. 164. 35; i. 170. 4; v. 31. 12; vii. 35. 7, etc.; and for its construction compare the passages: "O Lovely (Agni)! They construct the \*vedi\* for you and offer oblations there" (\*ṚV\*, viii. 19. 18); "measured out the vedi" (\*ṚV\*, x. 61. 2), etc. - [Previous: c8.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c8.43) - [Next: c8.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c8.45) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.164.35) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c8.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c8.44) · Pramāṇa