The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c5.8

c5.8

Of these various *śulba* works, those due to Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava are best known, and others are known through references. We tried to locate manuscripts of some of these latter ones, but without success and had to be content with the *Śulbasūtras* by the four aforesaid scholars. The need for a monograph dealing with the different *Śulbasūtras*, in one volume so as to present a comprehensive view of the subject, inspite of the excellent studies of some of these texts by distinguished scholars, has long been felt, and has been further reinforced by the fact that the works of Thibaut and Bürk published towards the end of the 19th and the beginning of the present century are now very difficult to obtain. That the works of Thibaut and Bürk constituted the main inspiration of our humble efforts presented in these pages need hardly be overestimated.