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 7.8
tā ekaviṃśatir bhavanti || ĀpŚus_7.8 ||
tena karaṇena kṛtā iṣṭakāḥ ekaviṃśatiḥ tasyāṃ gārhapatyacitau bhavantīti śeṣaḥ /
ekeṣāṃ śākhināmubhayamapi bhavati / (karaṇaṃarbhavanti)
kriyante'neneṣṭakā iti karaṇam, tacca dārumayaṃ lohamayaṃ vā /
dvātriṃśadaṅgula āyāmaḥ, trayodaśāṅgulayaścaturviṃśatitilāś ca vyāsaḥ /
utsedhaś ca jānoḥ pañcamabhāgaḥ /
ekaviṃśatiriti śaṅkhyāsapattiṃ brūte /
pañcacitīkamityādiṣu samudāyasaṃkhyāvagatyarthaṃ //
athāgnicityāyāṃ----
tṛtīye dvātriṃśadaṅgulam / saptamaṃ daśatilonaṃ caturdaśāṅgulam / tā ekavi śatirbhavantyekaikasmin prastāre /