Question

The most important text of vedic mathematics is ?

• A. Satapatha Brahman
• B. Atharva Veda
• C. Sulva Sutras
• D. Chandogya Upanishad

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Sulva Sutras

The Sulva Sutras are part of the larger corpus of texts called the Shrauta Sutras, considered to be appendices to the Vedas. They are the only sources of knowledge of Indian mathematics from the Vedic period. The four major Shulva Sutras, which are mathematically the most significant, are those attributed to Baudhayana, Manava, Apastamba and Katyayana. Their language is late Vedic Sanskrit, pointing to a composition roughly during the 1st millennium BCE.