The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c8.71

c8.71

is the middle-hind pole (*antaḥpātaḥ*). From the middle-hind pole, he goes 15 prakramas towards the south and fixes a pole there; this is the south-west corner (of the *Mahā-vedi*). From the middle-hind pole, he proceeds 15 prakramas towards the north and fixes a pole there; it is the north-west corner. From the middle-hind pole he goes 36 prakramas towards the east and fixes a pole; this is the middle-front pole. From the middle front pole, he strides 12 prakramas towards the south and fixes a pole; this is the south-east corner. From the middle-front pole, he goes 12 prakramas towards the north and fixes a pole there; this is the north-east corner. Such is the measurement of the (*Mahā-*)vedi.''¹