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 20.7a
dvābhyām ardheṣṭakābhyāṃ yathāyogaṃ paryupadadhyāt || Sūtra _20.7a ||
tābhyāṃ paścādātmani ardheṣṭakāmātraṃ; śeṣaṃ śirasi /
abhito yujyate yathā tathopadadhyāt /
catasra etā viśayāḥ //
cakāreṇa pakṣāgrīyā anukṛṣyante /
pakṣāpyayayoḥ catasraścatasraḥ pakṣāgrīyā viśayāḥ syuḥ /
tāḥ saptamena pakṣayoḥ śerate /
avaśiṣṭe caturthenātmani //
ātmani praviṣṭapakṣāgrīyāparitaścatasṛbhiḥ ṣoḍaśībhirḥ yathā yujyante tathopadadhyāt /
pakṣāgrīyāṇāṃ ca yathā viśeṣāḥsahitā bhaveyustathopadadhyādityarthaḥ //
yathāyogamityeva /
gatam //
yathāyogamityeva /
catvāriṃśatā catvāriṃśatā pakṣeṣṭakābhiḥ prāgāyatābhiḥ pakṣau pracchādayet //
avaśiṣṭaṃ anupahitamagnikṣetraṃ pucchāvaśiṣṭaṃ ṣoḍaśībhiḥ pracchādayet / pucchamadhye dve rītyau / pūrvāścaturiṣṭakāḥ / paścimāḥṣaḍiṣṭakāḥ / dve dve viśeṣasahite
syātāṃ / tā etā daśa ātmani / ātmamadhye tisro rītayaḥ /
prācyaścaturaṣṭakā ātmanyeva /
paścātpurastāccodīcyau dve rītyau caturiṣṭake /
tā viṃśatiḥ /
śirasi dve ṣoḍaśayau //
ante upadheyā antyāḥ / pucche catasraḥ ātmani catasra / bāhyaviśeṣāḥ -- bahirgataviśeṣāḥ / na cātra saṃkhyāpūraṇaṃ; saṃkhyāḥ yāḥsthāne dviśataviniyogāt /
tathāhi -- ṣaṭpañcāśat pādeṣṭakāḥ -- aṣṭāvaṣṭau pakṣāgrīyāsvatvāriṃśaccatvāriṃśatpakṣeṣṭakāḥ /
aṣṭau /
pakṣamadhyīyāśvatvāriṃśat ṣoḍaśyaḥ /
evaṃ dviśataḥ //
dvitīye prastāre śirasaḥ pūrvabhāge prāgagre bāhyaviśeṣe dve ṣoḍaśyau //
tayoḥṣoḍaśyoḥ paścāt prāgagre śirasyardhapādeṣṭakāmātre viśaye viśeṣeṇātmani /
evaṃ viśaye dve ṣoḍaśyāvantarviśeṣe //
te ityeva /
te viśaye iṣṭake dvābhyāmardheṣṭakābhyāṃ viśayābhyāṃ yathāyogaṃ parigṛhṇīyāt /
ṣoḍaśyorardheṣṭakayoś ca yathā viśeṣāḥsaṃhitā bhaveyuḥ tathopadadhyādityarthaḥ //
tāsāmardheṣṭakāmātrāṇyātmani /
dakṣiṇāgrābhiḥ dakṣiṇāpyayasthā udīcīritarāḥ //
pakṣa -- dayet aśītyā prāgāyatābhiḥ //
aṇūkāḥ pañcadaśabhāgīyānāṃ sthāna iti vakṣyamāṇatvāt aṇūkābhiḥ saha pracchādanabhedaparihārāya tatra pucchātmaśiraḥsu pūrvanihitābhiḥ pādarītibhiḥsaha ṣoḍaśa rītayaḥ udīcyaḥ /
pucchāgre pādarītiruktā /
dvitīyasyāṃ pārśvayoraṇūke madhye catasraḥ ṣoḍaśyaḥ /
evaṃ tṛtīyāṣaṣṭhītrayodaśyo'ṇūkābhireva dviprakārābhiḥ sandhyantarāle dvādaśa ṣoḍaśyaḥ pragāyatāḥ śiraso'parārdhe dve ṣoḍaśyau dviśataḥ prastāraḥ //
antyā -- śirasaḥ ca śabdo'trādhyāhartavyaḥ / dvābhyāṃ viśeṣāḥ / anteṣu yā upadheyāstā bāhyaviśeṣāḥ ṣoḍaśyo bhaveyuḥ / etaccātmanyeva / pakṣayoraśakyatvāt pucchabhedasambhavācca / tasmādātmanaḥ śroṇyaṃseṣvaṣṭau ṣoḍaśīrdakṣi (ṇāgrā) ṇā udagagrāścopadadhyāt / ekaikatra dvedve / asmin pakṣe yaccaturaśraṃ tryaśri veti vakṣyamāṇābhiḥ pādyābhiḥ saṃkhyāpūraṇaṃ / tatra pucchāpyayasya purastāddve ardhe śiraso'pyayasya paścāddve ardhe / tāsāṃ madhye caturviśatiḥ pādyāḥ / pārśvayoḥ ṣaṭ ṣaṭ ṣoḍaśyaḥ / yadvā etāḥ pādyāḥ ṣoḍaśīśvaḥ ṣaṭtriṃśatamuddhṛtya ṣaṭtriṃśadar (dhyār) dhā nidheyāḥ / tatra dakṣiṇapārśvasthā prāguttaraviśeṣāḥ viparītā
uttarāḥ /
pucchamadhye ṣaṭ ṣoḍaśyaḥ prāgāyatāḥ /
tataḥ pā (tatprā) rśvayosvatasror'dheṣṭakāḥ /
śeṣaṃ pūrvavadeva /
a(ta)tra ātmani prācyaḥ pañcarītyaḥ udīcyo vā aṣṭau //
tayoḥ ṣoḍaśyormadhye śiraso'pyaye dve ardheṣṭake ityarthaḥ /