[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) › c8.47 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c8.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.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. - [Previous: c8.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c8.46) - [Next: c8.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c8.48) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c8) ## Linked texts (2) - [Taittirīyasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*taittiriya.5.2.5.1) — Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.7.1.1.37) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c8.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c8.47) · Pramāṇa