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 11.7
pucche prādeśamupadhāya sarvam agniṃ caturbhāgīyābhiḥ pracchādayet || ĀpŚus_11.7 ||
prādeśaśabdena kiṃ kṣetramabhidhīyate? pucche yatprādeśamiti? athavā iṣṭakāḥ prādeśena kāritāḥ? yadi kṣetramabhidhīyeta prādeśapaṅktirevopadhātavyā syāt / tathā sati bhidyetāgniḥ / itarasminpakṣe yathā na bhidyate tathā prādeśeṣṭakā bhaveyuḥ / prādeśamiti jātāvekavacanam / prādeśeṣṭakābhiḥsahāṇūkā na śerate / śerate tu pañcabhāgīyāstābhiḥsaha / ataścatasraścatasraḥ śroṇyoḥ pādeṣṭakāstrayodaśa pañcamabhāgīyāḥ / pūrvārdhe'ṣṭāvaṇūkāḥ / evamekonatriṃśatpucche / apare punarevaṃ varṇayanti -- yasya vitastayā vardhanaṃ kṛtaṃ tatrāpi caturaśraśrutisāmarthyāt prādeśa eveṣṭakābhirvyāpyata iti / evamarthaṃ prādeśagrahaṇamiti /
tasminnapi pakṣe ukta upadhānakramaḥ /
sarvamiti dvātriṃśat /
aṣṭāviṃśatirātmanyuktāḥ /
pucchapūrvārdhe'ṣṭau //