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 21.3
jñāyate ca | kaṅkacitaṃ śīrṣaṇvantaṃ cinvīta yaḥ kāmayeta saśīrṣo'muṣmiṃl loke saṃbhaveyam iti vidyamāne kathaṃ brūyāt || ĀpŚus_21.3 ||
yadi śirasa āmnānamasti śīrṣaṇvantaṃ cinvīteti kathaṃ brūyādevetyarthaḥ / yadi śirasa āmnānaṃ nāsti tadā yujyata evaitadviśeṣaṇam / itarathā viśeṣaṇamanarthakameva syāt / tasmādaśiraska eva cetavyaḥ / cadyaśiraskaḥ kimākāraḥsa ityāha--