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 18.8b
pakṣāpyaye puruṣaṃ niyamya lekhāyāṃ puruṣānte nitodantukuryāt | nitodāt prācīnaṃ puruṣānte nitodaṃ nitodayor nānāntāv ālikhet | tatpakṣinamanam | etenottaraḥ pakṣo vyākhyātaḥ || Sūtra _18.8b ||
ātmapakṣasandhau puruṣamātraṃ veṇuṃ niyamya lekhāyāmeva puruṣasyānte veṇorante lakṣaṇaṃ kuryāt / tasmānnitodātpāgāyataṃ prācīnaṃ veṇuṃ lekhāyāmeva nidhāyāntye chidre śaṅkuṃ lakṣaṇaṃ vā nihatya nitodayorantau nānā ālikhet /
aparasmānnitodādā rabhyāparāntamālikhet /
pūrvasmānnitodāccārabhya pūrvāntamiti /
tatpakṣanamanaṃ pakṣasya vakratā /
eteneti uttarapakṣanamanamapyevaṃ kuryāt //