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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 8.7
puruṣamātreṇa vimimīte' veṇunā vimimīte, iti vijñāyate || ĀpŚus_8.7 ||
yadi puruṣakṣetramekatra kṣipyate, vikriyetākṛtiḥ / na vidyate śrutiryasyāḥsā aśrutiḥ / ākṛtivikārasya śruterabhāvāt ityarthaḥ / puruṣamātreṇeti dravyamapekṣate / veṇuneti ca mātrāmapekṣate / tayornaṣṭāśvadagdharathavatsaṃbandhaḥ / puruṣamātreṇa veṇunā minoti /