Apastamba Sulba-sutra [sanskrit]
29,967 words
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 14.12
sa caturaśraḥ | tsaruvarjaṃ droṇacitoktaḥ || ĀpŚus_14.12 ||
caturaśrākārāṇi santi śmaśānāni parimaṇḍalākārāṇi ca /
tatrecchātaḥ pravṛttiḥ śabdasyobhayapravṛtteḥ /
yadi vartulākāraḥ rathacakravat /
caturaśraṃ veti -- gatametat // .//
yasya guṇaśāstraṃ pitṛlokasambaddhaṃ taccaturaśre śmaśāne na vartule /
khālā hi tatra nikṣipyante /
yeṣu paitṛmedhikakriyā teṣāṃ pitṝṇāṃ samvandhaḥ ṛdhyā ca /
tasmāccaturaśra eva cetavyaḥ yadi caturaśrastadātsaruvarjaṃ droṇacitoktaḥ -- tatsarvaṃ droṇacityeva vyākhyātam //