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 3.10a
ardhapramāṇena pādapramāṇaṃ vidhīyate || Sūtra _3.10a ||
yāvatā thedenādhikena parilikiti tatpārśvayoragrataśvopadadhāti / yattena caturaśraṃ kriyate tatkoṭyāṃ--evaṃ vihitena yaccaturaśraṃ koṭyāṃ tenaiva saha sākhyā boddhavyoti / maṇḍalapūraṇe caikenai kaṃ bhavati / ardhe cārdhamiti kasyacibhdrāntiḥsyāt atastaṃ pratyāha--
ardhapramāṇena pādapramāṇaṃ vidhīyate /
pramāṇasyārdhapramāṇena pādapramāṇaṃ vidhīyate / asyaiva kāraṇamāha-