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 16.4
prathamasya ṣaḍbhāgam aṣṭabhāgena vardhayet | yathāyoganataṃ tat tṛtīyam || ĀpŚus_16.4 ||
prathamasya ṣaḍbāgakaraṇamaṣṭabhāgeva vardhayeddīrghaṃ kuryāt / mātrā? tamakṣṇayā chindyāt / chinnā yathā yujyate namanaṃ tatā yogaḥ / yathā pakṣanamane'dhyarghaṃ yujyate tathā nataṃ vakraṃ tṛtīyakaraṇam /