Apastamba Sulba-sutra [sanskrit]
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The Sanskrit edition of the Apastamba Sulba-sutra with the commentaries of Kapardin, Karavinda and Sundararaja. The Sulbasutras are considered Vedic appendices and deals with the ancient Indian science of Mathematics and Geometry, by instructing the construction of fire-altars, among others. Original titles: Āpastambaśulbasūtra (आपस्तम्बशुल्बसूत्र), Kapardin (कपर्दिन्), Karavinda (करविन्द), Sundararāja (सुन्दरराज)
Sutra 1.2a
yāvadāyāmaṃ pramāṇam || Sūtra _1.2a ||
yāvadāyāmamityavyayībhāvaḥ / yāvadavadhāraṇa iti / kimatrāvadhāryate? āyāmaḥ /
āyāma eva pramāṇamiti na, tiryaṅbhānyakṣṇayā rajjū / tābhyāmapi piharaṇasya śakyatvāt /
pramāṇasaṃjñāyāḥ prayojanaṃ "pramāṇaṃ tṛtīyena vardhayedityāyāma saṃprajñānārtham /
yāvacchabdaḥ parimāṇavācī, āyāmaśabdo vistārapratiyogivacanaḥ /
"yāvadavadhāraṇe iti samāsaḥ / yāvānāyāmastāvat pramāṇaṃ bhavati, kimatrāvadhāryate?
āyāmaparimāṇameva pramāṇamiti / tadatrā'yāmasya dviguṇatvāttadāśrayabhūtarajjvādipramāṇam iti / asya pramāṇaṃ tiryagādiṣu prayojanam,