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 15.3
yāvān agniḥ sāratniprādeśaḥ saptavidhaḥ saṃpadyate | prādeśaṃ caturtham ātmanaś caturbhāgīyāś cāṣṭau | tāsāṃ tisraḥ śira itarat pakṣayor vibhajet || ĀpŚus_15.3 ||
aradninā prādeśena ca virdhito'gniḥ prākṛto yāvān saṃpadyate prādeśa iti gṛhṇīyāditi śeṣaḥ / sāratniprādeśāgnau yatprādeśaṃ pucche ātmani caturtaṃ puruṣakṣetraṃ caturbhāgīyāśvāṣṭau śiṣṭe puruṣe'ṣṭau caturbhāgīyāḥ kṣetraṃ ca gṛhītvā tāsāṃ caturbhāgīyānāṃ disraścaturbāgīyāḥśirasi nidhātavyāḥ / itaratsarvaṃ pakṣayorvibhajya kṣipet / ṣaḍaṅgulamātraṃ prādeśe / ṣaṣṭayaṅgulaṃ puruṣe / caturbhāgīyāsu pañcasu pādonaṃ navadaśāṅgulam / etadevaikaikasmina pakṣe kṣaipet /