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 7.10a
maṇḍalāyāṃ mṛdo dehaṃ kṛtvā madhye śaṅkuṃ nihatyārdhavyāyāmena saha maṇḍalaṃ parilikhet || Sūtra _7.10a ||
yadi maṇḍalā gārhapatyacitiḥ mṛdo bhṛttikāyāḥ "ha' iti nipātaḥ atretyetasminnarthe / ullekhanaṃ kṛtveti dehabimbaṃ ślakṣṇīkṛtya tanmadhye śaṅkuṃ nihatyārdhavyāyāmena maṇḍalaṃ parilikhet / tadvyāyāmamātraṃ ṇaṇḍalaṃ bhavati / kecidatra sahaśabdaśravaṇādatīyeneti varṇayanti / kṣetrasamatvāya tadanī psitamihācāryasya ardhavyāyāmeneti vadataḥ / yadīpsita mabhaviṣyat mṛdo dehaṃ kṛtvā maṇḍalaṃ kuryādityevāvakṣyat / uktaṃ tvādeśādanyaditi / tāvatīṃ bhūmimiti vakṣyāti ca / kathaṃ sahetyucyate? yo maṇḍalaṃ cikīrṣet sa evaṃ kṛtvār'dhavyāyāmena parilikhet / ha iti nipātaḥ / evamadhyāhṛtya yojanīyam / athavā śrutireveyamevaṃbhūtā /