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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 9.8
yat pacyamānānāṃ pratihrasīta purīṣeṇa tat sampūrayed aniyataparimāṇatvāt purīṣasya || ĀpŚus_9.8 ||
pacyamānānāmiṣṭakānāmutsedhataś ca parimāṇataś ca pratihrāso bhavettatpurīṣeṇa pūrayet / kuta ityāha -- aniyataparimāṇatvātpurīṣasya -- niyataparimāṇā iṣṭakāḥ aniyataparimāṇaṃ purīṣam / iyadetatpurīṣaṃ prakṣeptavyamiti niyamābhāvāt tenaiva pūracitavyam /
sarvāsāmiṣṭakānāmūrthvāpramāṇamutsedhaṃ jānupañcamena kārayet / aṅgulyadhikāre dvātriṃśajjānuriti bodhāyanaḥ / tasya pañcamaṃ ṣaḍaṅgulayaḥ ardhacaturadaśāstilāś ca / tena saṃmitamiṣṭakānām ūrdhvapramāṇaṃ bhavati / jānudaghnaṃ cinvīta prathamaṃ cinvānaḥ, pañca citayo bhavantīti śrutyoḥsamāveśādūrdhvapramāṇe samaṃ syādaśrutatvāditi jānupañcamā iṣṭakā bhaveyuḥ / jānudviguṇā nābhiḥ / jānutriguṇamāsyam / jānudaghne sahasrā iṣṭakāḥ nābhidaghne dvisāhasrā dviprastārāś ca / āsyadaghne triṣāhasrāḥ triprastārāś ca / tatra sarvatra viśeṣāśravaṇāt jānupañcamamevordhvapramāṇamiṣṭakānām / iṣṭakānāṃ kārayediti ihānuvartamāne punarapi tayorgrahaṇaṃ gārhapatyadhiṣṇayeṣṭakānāmapi jānupañcamatvāya /
ardhena pañcacārdhenana kārayedityeva / nākasadaśvūḍopadhānamantraviśeṣāḥ / tairupadheyāḥ / pañcapaḍhceṣṭakā jānupañvramasyordhena kāryāḥ uttarā "nākasadbhaya upadadhāti' / ityekasmin prastāre tāsāmuttarādharabhāvadarśanāt / iṣṭakābhirakeva jānudaghnādisāmpādanāt, purīṣopadhānīmaṣṭakā samīkaraṇārthe citervṛddhayarthaṃ ca /
karaṇaparikḷptānāṃ iṣṭakānāṃ pākavaśāt pratihrāsaḥ -- kṣaya upajāyate / tatpurīṣeṇa pūrayet, anenṣṭakā na duṣyanti avarjanīyatvāt, tasya "mitraitāṃ paceti' liṅgāt, vātātapābhyāmapi śoṣaṇaṃ pāka eva / ata eva pākavaśāddhīnamiṣṭakāyāmavistārobhayamupadhānakāle purīṣeṇa pūrayet / kutaḥ? aniyataparimāṇatvāt purīṣasya / na hyetāvat purīṣaṃ prakṣepaṇīyamiti niyamaḥ / tasmātpākavaśāddhīnasya purīṣeṇa pūraṇameva / jalārdrā mṛt purīṣaṃ / teneṣṭakānāṃ hrāsaṃ pūrayet /
"triṃśadaṅgulaṃ jānuḥ, ityāgniveśyaḥ / tasya pañcamaṃ ṣaḍaṅgulam, "ṣaḍaṅgulotsedhā, ityeva kātyāyanaḥ /
śuṣyamāṇānāṃ sarveṣāmetadupalkṣaṇam /
"yacchoṣapākābhyāṃ pratihraseta' ityeva bodhāyanaḥ //