[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) › c9.11 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c9.11 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c9.11 - **Language:** English ### [c9.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c9.11) In the \*Śulba\*, we have several instances of the division of a circle into a specified number of parts. For instance, it is said that the \*Dhiṣṇiya\* may be square or circular in shape and one of them, \*viz\*., the \*Agnīdhrīya\*, has to be divided into nine parts. Now in the case of the square shape of the altar, it is easily divided into 9 smaller squares by drawing cross-lines through the points of trisection of the sides. When it is circular, there is described a small circle about its centre and the annulus - [Previous: c9.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c9.10) - [Next: c9.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c9.12) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c9.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c9.11) · Pramāṇa