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Shulbasutras (शुल्बसूत्राणि) (view source)
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Shulbasutras (Samskrit: शुल्बसूत्राणि) are manuals for the construction of yajnas. They are sections of the Kalpasutras, associated in particular with the Shrautasutras. Each Shrautasutra seemed to have their own Shulbasutra section based on literary data; however, in the present days, only seven of these sutra works, Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana, Manava, Maitayana, Varaha and Vadhula are available.
== Introduction ==
Recognized as the oldest and earliest treatises on mathematical problems, Shulbasutras give us a glimpse of the knowledge of geometry that the vedic people possessed. Incidentally they furnish us with a few other subjects of much mathematical interest.<ref>Datta. Bibhutibhusan, (1932) ''The Science of the Sulba. A Study in Early Hindu Geometry.'' Calcutta: The University of Calcutta</ref>
One of the prime occupations of the vedic people, performing yajnas, required altars or yajna-vedis of prescribed shapes and sizes. It was primarily in connection with the construction of altars that problems of geometry and also of arithmetic and algebra presented themselves to these ancient rshis, which led to the development of these texts.
== References ==
[[Category:Vedangas]]
[[Category:Shastras]]
Shulbasutras (Samskrit: शुल्बसूत्राणि) are manuals for the construction of yajnas. They are sections of the Kalpasutras, associated in particular with the Shrautasutras. Each Shrautasutra seemed to have their own Shulbasutra section based on literary data; however, in the present days, only seven of these sutra works, Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana, Manava, Maitayana, Varaha and Vadhula are available.
== Introduction ==
Recognized as the oldest and earliest treatises on mathematical problems, Shulbasutras give us a glimpse of the knowledge of geometry that the vedic people possessed. Incidentally they furnish us with a few other subjects of much mathematical interest.<ref>Datta. Bibhutibhusan, (1932) ''The Science of the Sulba. A Study in Early Hindu Geometry.'' Calcutta: The University of Calcutta</ref>
One of the prime occupations of the vedic people, performing yajnas, required altars or yajna-vedis of prescribed shapes and sizes. It was primarily in connection with the construction of altars that problems of geometry and also of arithmetic and algebra presented themselves to these ancient rshis, which led to the development of these texts.
== References ==
[[Category:Vedangas]]
[[Category:Shastras]]