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 12.12
yāvān agniḥ sāratniprādeśas tāvatīṃ bhūmiṃ parimaṇḍalāṃ kṛtvā tasmiṃś caturaśram avadadhyād yāvatsambhavet || ĀpŚus_12.12 ||
śulbāntare rathacakradvayamuktam; anenācāryeṇaikamevoktam; tasmāttadevocyate / yāvānagniḥsāratniprādeśo dvistāvatīṃ bhūmiṃ parimaṇḍalāṃ kṛtvā ubhayataḥ praugasya yā tiryaṅbhānī tayā caturaśraṃ karaṇaṃ kṛtvā teneṣṭakāḥ kārayet / tāścaturaśre catuśvatvā riṃśadadhikaśatamupadhāya tāsāṃ caturaśramavadadhyādyāvatsambhavet /