The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c17.8

The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c17.8

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c17.8

⁶ Compare what Āpastamba remarks: "A change in the form of the *Agni* would be against the injunction of the *Śruti*." (*ĀpŚl*, viii. 6.) According to *Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa*, those who deprive the *Agni* of its due proportions, will suffer the worse for sacrificing (x. 2. 3. 7).

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Linked texts (2)

Āpastambaśulbasūtra — Āpastamba, Sanskrit
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit