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 18.8a
pakṣāgram utsṛjya madhye pakṣasya prācīṃ lekhām ālikhet || Sūtra _18.8a ||
pakṣāgramiti puruṣacaturthena kṛtāni caturaśrāṇi lakṣyante /
pakṣāyāme puruṣacaturbhāgārdhamutsṛjyetyarthaḥ /
madhye pakṣasya pragāyatāṃ lekhāmālikhet //