Vedanga · Geometry
Shulba Sutras
The geometry of altar construction within the Kalpa-sutras; they hold the earliest extant verbal statement of the theorem later named for Pythagoras.
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Appears in
- The Rules of the Rite Treatise
The Shulba-sutras govern the building of the altar, the vedi , by the geometry of the cord.
- The Limbs Treatise
The Vedangas are six auxiliary sciences built around the Veda to preserve, recite, understand, and apply it: shiksha (phonetics), chandas (metre), vyakarana…