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 21.1
kaṅkacid alajacid iti śyenacitā vyākhyātau || ĀpŚus_21.1 ||
kaṅkaḥ pakṣiviśeṣaḥ alajaś ca / kaṅka iva cetavyaḥ kaṅkacit /
alaja iva cetavyo'lajacit /
tau śyenacitā vyākhyātau -- pūrveṇaiva śyenena vyākhyātau /
mukhyatvāddviśataprastāratvācca tasyaivākṛtiḥ tānyeva karaṇāni sa evopadhānamārgaḥ /
saṅkalpa eva bhedaḥ śyeno'lajaḥ kaṅka iti //