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 8.6a
aṣṭavidhaprabhṛtīnāṃ yad anyat saptabhyas tat saptadhā vibhajya pratipuruṣam āveśayet || Sūtra _8.6a ||
aṣṭavidhaprabhṛtīnāṃ ekaśatavidhaparyantānāṃ yadanyatsaptabhyaḥ saptārdhebhyaḥ tatsaptadhā saptārdhadhā yadanyatsaptārdhebhyaḥ prakṣeptavyamāsīt tatsaptārdhadhā vibhajya saptārdhebhya iti kuta etallabhyate? saptavidha ityukter'dhāṣṭama eva gṛhyate / aratniprādeśānāṃ tadantargatatvāt / vakṣyati saptavidha iti / aṣṭavidha ekaḥ prakṣeptavyaḥ navavidhe dvau / daśavidhe traya ityevaṃ draṣṭavyamekaśatavidhāt puruṣāt / puruṣaṃ saptārdhadhā vibhaktaṃ kṛtvā pratipuruṣameko bhāgaḥ kṣeptavyaḥ / saptāsvardhapañcāratniprādeśeṣu puruṣe triṃśatpañcadaśabhāgīyāḥ / ardha puruṣe pañcadaśa / evamekasminpuruṣakṣetre dve śate pañcaviṃśatiś ca pañcadaśabhāgīyāḥśerate / aṣṭavidhe tāḥ prakṣeptavyāḥ / ekasminpuruṣakṣetre triṃśatpañcadaśabhāgīyāḥ / tāsu prākṣiptāsu pañcapañcāśadadhikaśatadvayamāpadyate / ṣoḍaśānāṃ vargaṃ ṣaṭpañcāśadadhikam / taccaturaśrāccaturaśramityanena nyāyena ekasminpañcadaśabhāgayikṣetre'panīte yā rajjuḥ sā puruṣasthānīyā / tasyāḥ pañcamo bhāgo'ratnisthānīyaḥ / tena mānena kṛte sarvapuruṣakṣetraṃ liptaṃ bhavati / evaṃ navavidhādiṣu draṣṭavyam /