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 9.2b
puruṣaṃ dakṣiṇe pakṣe | puruṣaṃ pucche puruṣam uttare || Sūtra _9.2b ||
dakṣiṇe pakṣe -- dakṣiṇe pārśve / madhyameṣu triṣu veṇuṃ pratimucya aparābhyāmityādi pūrvavaccaturaśraḥ puruṣaḥ / evamuttarapakṣe uttarapārśve, madhyameṣveva triṣu pratimucya uttaram / pucche tu pāśvātyamadhayamaśaṅkau madhyamaṃ veṇocchidraṃ pratimucya tiryagveṇuṃ nidhāya chidrayoḥśaṅkū nihatyonmucyottarābhyāṃ prasavyaṃ parilikhet / dakṣiṇasmādunmucyottarasmin puruṣamātre śaṅkau pratimucyāntyacchidraśaṅkuprabhṛti pradakṣiṇaṃ parilikhet / unmucya veṇuṃ madhyame pratimucya uparyupari lekhāsambhedaṃ paścādveṇuṃ nidhāya antya ityādi samānaṃ tatpuccham /