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 6.3b
tasya khalvāhū rathākṣamātrī paścāt tiryag īṣayā prācī | vipathayugena purastāt || Sūtra _6.3b ||
khaluśabdo'laṅkāre / tatra tasminnarthe rathapramāṇavido rathakārā āhuḥ / rathākṣamātrī paścāt tiryagīṣayā prācī, vipathayugena purastāt, rathākṣaṇātrī paścāttiryaṅnānī / rathagrahaṇaṃ śakaṭanivṛcyartham / īṣāmātrī pṛṣṭhayā / vipathayugena--vyāptaḥ panthā yena yugena tadvipathayugam / abyantaraṃ yugachidrayorantarālam / tatpramāṇaṃ purastāttiryaṅbhānī /