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 11.5a
upadhāne'ṣṭāvaṣṭau pādeṣṭakāś caturbhāgīyānāṃ pakṣāgrayor nidadhyāt | sandhyoś ca tadvad ātmānaṃ ṣaḍaṅgulāpetāḥ || Sūtra _11.5a ||
upadhānakāle aṣṭāvaṣṭau caturbhāgīyānāṃ pādeṣṭakāḥ pakṣāgrayorūpadadhāyāt / aṣṭāvaṣṭāviti viśayāḥ / atmānaṃ ṣaḍaṅgulamātramavetāḥ avagatā vyāptā iti yāvata / navāṅgulamātraṃ pakṣayoḥ /