[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) › c8.67 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c8.67 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c8.67 - **Language:** English ### [c8.67](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c8.67) The spatial magnitudes of the \*Saumikī-vedi\* (or "the altar of the Soma-sacrifice"), also called the \*Mahā-vedi\* ("the Great Altar") which has been already described to be of the form of an isosceles trapezium whose face is 24 \*prakramas\* (or \*padas\*) long, base is 30 and altitude 36 \*prakramas\*, are given in the \*Saṁhitā\*,⁶ and \*Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa\*.⁷ But the earliest description of a method of its measurement, or a method for the construction of an isosceles trapezium having given face, base and altitude is found in the latter work. It says: - [Previous: c8.66](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c8.66) - [Next: c8.68](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c8.68) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c8.67](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c8.67) · Pramāṇa