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 15.9a
pucche'rdhapuruṣavyāsaṃ puruṣaṃ pratīcīnam āyacchet | tasya dakṣiṇato'nyam uttarataś ca || Sūtra _15.9a ||
dvipjaruṣāyāma ātmā adhdhardhapuruṣavyāsaḥ / evaṃ dīrghacaturaśraṃ vihṛtya pucchasthāner'dhapuruṣā tiryaṅbhānī puruṣapramāṇā pārśvamānī bhavati yathā tathā yacchet -- kuryādityarthaḥ / tasya caturaśrasya dakṣiṇapārśve'nyaṃ tādṛgvidhaṃ caturaśramuttarataśvānyam / evaṃ trīṇi caturaśrāṇi ardhapuruṣavyāsāni /