[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) › c9.27 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c9.27 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c9.27 - **Language:** English ### [c9.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c9.27) ² The reference is to a square brick, called \*pañcamī\*, for each side of it is equal to the fifth (\*pañcama\*) part of a \*puruṣa\* and to a rectangular brick one-fifth of a \*puruṣa\* by one-fifth of a \*puruṣa\* and its half. - [Previous: c9.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c9.26) - [Next: c9.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c9.28) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c9.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c9.27) · Pramāṇa