Shulbasutras
E491689
The Shulbasutras are ancient Indian texts that form part of the Vedic corpus, detailing geometric rules and constructions primarily for the proper layout of Vedic fire altars.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shulbasutras canonical | 1 |
| Sulba Sutras | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5074790 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shulbasutras Context triple: [Grihyasutras, relatedTo, Shulbasutras]
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A.
Mulasutras
Mulasutras are foundational Jain canonical texts that outline core doctrines, ethical principles, and monastic disciplines within the Agama literature.
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B.
Surya Siddhanta
Surya Siddhanta is an ancient Indian astronomical treatise that systematically outlines mathematical and observational methods for calculating planetary motions, eclipses, and calendrical time.
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C.
Culikasutras
Culikasutras are a set of Jain Āgama scriptures that form part of the canonical religious literature of Jainism.
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D.
Vedas
The Vedas are a collection of ancient sacred texts composed in Sanskrit that form the foundational spiritual and philosophical scriptures of Hinduism.
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E.
Baudhayana Dharmasutra
The Baudhayana Dharmasutra is an ancient Sanskrit text of the Dharmasutra genre that outlines social, legal, and religious duties within early Vedic Hindu society.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shulbasutras Target entity description: The Shulbasutras are ancient Indian texts that form part of the Vedic corpus, detailing geometric rules and constructions primarily for the proper layout of Vedic fire altars.
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A.
Mulasutras
Mulasutras are foundational Jain canonical texts that outline core doctrines, ethical principles, and monastic disciplines within the Agama literature.
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B.
Surya Siddhanta
Surya Siddhanta is an ancient Indian astronomical treatise that systematically outlines mathematical and observational methods for calculating planetary motions, eclipses, and calendrical time.
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C.
Culikasutras
Culikasutras are a set of Jain Āgama scriptures that form part of the canonical religious literature of Jainism.
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D.
Vedas
The Vedas are a collection of ancient sacred texts composed in Sanskrit that form the foundational spiritual and philosophical scriptures of Hinduism.
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E.
Baudhayana Dharmasutra
The Baudhayana Dharmasutra is an ancient Sanskrit text of the Dharmasutra genre that outlines social, legal, and religious duties within early Vedic Hindu society.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sutra literature
ⓘ
Vedic text ⓘ ancient Indian mathematical text ⓘ |
| altName | Sulbasutras NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| approximateDate | c. 800–200 BCE ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Vedic sacrifice
ⓘ
Śrauta rituals ⓘ |
| audience | Vedic priests ⓘ |
| citationForm | Śulbasūtras NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
approximate value of the square root of 2
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geometric transformations preserving area ⓘ procedures analogous to the Pythagorean theorem ⓘ rules for constructing altars of various shapes ⓘ rules for constructing circles ⓘ rules for constructing isosceles trapezia ⓘ rules for constructing rectangles ⓘ rules for constructing squares ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Vedic ritual culture ⓘ |
| etymology | from Sanskrit "śulba" (measuring cord) and "sūtra" (aphoristic rule) ⓘ |
| field |
geometry
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history of mathematics ⓘ ritual studies ⓘ |
| genre |
mathematical treatise
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ritual manual ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Apastamba Shulbasutra
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Baudhayana Shulbasutra NERFINISHED ⓘ Kathaka Shulbasutra NERFINISHED ⓘ Maitrayaniya Shulbasutra NERFINISHED ⓘ Manava Shulbasutra NERFINISHED ⓘ Vaitana Shulbasutra NERFINISHED ⓘ Varaha Shulbasutra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | development of early Indian geometry ⓘ |
| language | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
construction of Vedic fire altars
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geometric rules for altar construction ⓘ measurement with cords ⓘ |
| method |
rule-based geometric constructions
ⓘ
verbal algorithms ⓘ |
| partOf |
Kalpasutras
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vedic corpus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
to ensure correct layout of Vedic fire altars
ⓘ
to prescribe ritual ground plans ⓘ to provide geometric constructions using cords ⓘ |
| region |
South Asia
ⓘ
surface form:
Indian subcontinent
|
| relatedTo |
Śrautasutras
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Śulba (measuring cord) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Hinduism ⓘ |
| script | Devanagari (in modern editions) ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late Vedic period ⓘ |
| uses | measuring cord (shulba) ⓘ |
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Subject: Shulbasutras Description of subject: The Shulbasutras are ancient Indian texts that form part of the Vedic corpus, detailing geometric rules and constructions primarily for the proper layout of Vedic fire altars.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sulba Sutras