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 6.3c
yāvatā vā bāhye chidre || Sūtra _6.3c ||
yāvatā pramāṇena yugasya bāhye chidre bhavataḥ tāvadvā purastāttiryaṅbhānī vedeḥ /
rathamātrī--rathapramāṇā nirūḍhapaśubandhasya vediriti śrutiḥ / śrutyuktamabhiyuktoktayā darśayati /
khaluśabdo vākyālaṅkārārthaḥ / tatrāhurabhiyuktāḥ--rathākṣamātrī rathapramāṇā paścāttiryaktiraśvī īṣayā saṃmitā prācī / vyāptaḥ panthā yena sa vipathaḥ cāraṇaratha ityarthaḥ / vipathasya yugo vipathayugaḥ / tena saṃmitā purastāttiraśvī / athavā yāvatā vā bāhye chidre yāvatā pramāṇena gṛhīte bāhye cchidre bhavataḥ tāvatī vā purastāttiryak /
ityāhurācāryāḥ--paścāttiryaṅbhānī rathākṣamātrī, īṣāmātrī prācī, vipathayugamātrī purastāttiryaṅnānī / vigataḥ panthā yasmādyugāt tadvipathayugam / bāhyacchidrasahitaṃ ṣaḍaśītyaṅgulaṃ yugam / yāvatā vā bāhye cchidre bāhyacchidrayorantarālamaśī tyaṅgulam /