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 12.6a
karāṇāni cayanam ity ekavidhoktam || Sūtra _12.6a ||
etacca vacanaṃ saptārdhasya prakṛtitvajñāpanārtham /
pañcadaśabhiraṅgulairnavabhiś ca tilaiḥ antarā catuḥpuruṣā rajjuḥ dvistāvatīṃ karoti /
tathā caturaśraṃ vihṛtya sūtroktena mārgeṇa śroṇīṃ parilikhet /
karaṇāni ca kārayet /
dvādaśena trayodaśena sapādena ca praugākāraḥ //