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 6.10
pade yuge'ratnāv iyati śamyāyāṃ ca mānārtheṣu yathākāmī śabdārthasya viśayitvāt || ĀpŚus_6.10 ||
padādiṣu mānārtheṣu yathākāmī--yathecchā tathā gṛhṇīyāt /
kimuktaṃ bhavati //
catustriṃśattilāḥ aṅgulaḥ (pṛthutaḥsaṃspṛṣṭā ityaparam)
ityevamādiśulbāntaroktalakṣaṇamānārtheṣu pramāṇāvayavā gṛhyeran / lakṣaṇe vargeṇa vimāya tatra yathākāmī śabdārthasya viśayitvāt / pañcadaśāṅgulaṃ padamapi bhavati / yajamānapadamapi / tatrānyataradgrāhyamityādhāne / iyaddvādaśavikrāmā iti / tatra svasaṃvittiṃ aparasaṃvittiṃ lokaprasiddhiṃ śāstraprasiddhiṃ vā gṛhṇīyādityarthaḥ /