The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c8.47

The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c8.47

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c8.47

⁴ The first express description of the *Gārhapatya* as a circle of one square *vyāma* (= *puruṣa*) and of the *Āhavanīya* being a square of the same size appears in the *Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa* (vii. 1. 1. 37; vii. 2. 2. 1 ff. Cf. *SBE*, Vol. XL, iii, p. 307, fn. 2). In the *Taittirīya Saṁhitā* (v. 2.5.1), the *Āhavanīya* is stated to be of one (square) puruṣa.

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Taittirīyasaṃhitā — Sanskrit
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit