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 17.2
śeṣe ca ṣaḍviṃśatir aṣṭau ṣaṣṭayaś catasraḥ pañcamyaḥ || ĀpŚus_17.2 ||
ātmani śeṣe śiṣṭe deśe ṣaḍviṃśatiścaturthyaḥ / aṣṭau catasraḥ pañcamyaḥ / tāsāmupadhānamārga ucyate -- viśayānāṃ mārge tiryagātmani caturdaśa caturthyaḥ / tāsāṃ pārśvayordve dve prācyau ca viparyasya kārite / uttare pārśve caturdaśānāmeva pārśvayormadhye dve dve tiryak /
etāḥṣaḍviṃśatiścaturthya upahitāḥ /
catasraścaturbhāgīyākoṇeṣu sthitāḥ /
tāsu catasraḥ pañcamyaḥ tiryak /
ṣaṣṭayaśvāṣṭau tiryageva //