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 6.8
daśapadottarā vedir bhavatīti some vijñāyate | tad ekarajjvoktaṃ pañcadaśikenaivāpāyamyārdhena tataḥ śroṇyaṃsān nirharet || ĀpŚus_6.8 ||
padagrahaṇaṃ pradarśanārtham / prakamamitāyāṃ mahānedyāṃ daśapadottaravediḥ sarvato daśapadā "pramāṇena pramāṇaṃ vidhīyata' iti vacanāt / kṣetrato vā daśapatā / tadā ekapadavistāraṃ tripadāyāmaṃ dīrghacaturaśraṃ kṛtvā tasyākṣṇayā rajjuṃ gṛhītvā caturaśraṃ kuryāt / prakrame'pyekaprakramavistāraṃ triprakramāyāmaṃ caturaśraṃ vihṛtya tasyākṣṇayā rajjuṃ gṛhītvā caturaśraṃ kuryāt / tadekarajjvoktaṃ--ardhena tataḥ--tasyetyarthaḥ ṣaṣṭhayarthe tasil /