The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c6.s2: Āpastamba-śulbasūtra

The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c6.s2

Language: English

Āpastamba-śulbasūtra

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**1.3** *āyāmam¹ vābhyasyāgantucaturthamāyāmasyā²kṣṇayārajjuḥ tiryaṅmānīśeṣaḥ | vyākhyātaṁ viharaṇam³ |*

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¹ D. begins with *atha yogāntaram*.

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² *āyāmaśca*, BK.

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³ D. omits.

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**1.4** *dīrghasyākṣṇayārajjuḥ pārśvamānī tiryaṅmānī⁴ ca yatpṛthagbhūte kurutastadubhayaṁ karoti | tābhirjñeyābhiruktaṁ viharaṇam |*

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⁴ D. omits.

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**1.5** *caturaśrasyākṣṇayārajjurdvistāvatīṁ bhūmiṁ karoti | samasya dvikaraṇī |*

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**1.6** *pramāṇaṁ tṛtīyena vardhayettacca⁵ caturthenātmacatustriṁśonena saviśeṣaḥ⁶ |*

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⁵ MU omits.

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⁶ *sa viśeṣaḥ*, MU.

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**1.7** *athāparam⁷ | pramāṇamātrīṁ rajjumubhayataḥ pāśāṁ karoti | madhye lakṣaṇamardhamadhyayośca⁸ pṛṣṭhyāyāṁ rajjumāyamya pāśayorlakṣaṇeṣviti śaṅkūn⁹ nihatyopāntyayoḥ pāśau pratimucya madhyamena lakṣaṇena dakṣiṇāpāyamya¹⁰ nimittaṁ karoti | madhyame pāśau pratimucya uparyupari nimittaṁ madhyamena lakṣaṇena dakṣiṇāpāyamya śaṅkuṁ nihanti | tasminpāśaṁ pratimucya pūrvasminnitaram madhyamena lakṣaṇena dakṣiṇamaṁsamāyacchet | unmucya pūrvasmādaparasminpratimucya madhyamenaiva lakṣaṇena dakṣiṇāṁ śroṇīmāyacchet | evamuttarau śroṇyaṁsau |*

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⁷ BK, MU.

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⁸ *-madhyamayośca*, MU.

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⁹ *śaṅkum*, MU

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¹⁰ MU ins. *śaṅkum* after *-pāyamya*.

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**2.1** *athāparoyogaḥ* | *pṛṣṭhyāntayormadhye ca śaṅkūn*¹¹ *nihatyārdhe*¹² *tadviśeṣamabhyasya lakṣaṇaṃ kṛtvārdhamāgamayet* | *antayoḥ*¹³ *pāśau kṛtvā madhyame saviśeṣaṃ pratimucya pūrvasminnitaram lakṣaṇena dakṣiṇamaṃsamāyacchet* | *unmucya pūrvasmādaparasminpratimucya lakṣaṇenaiva dakṣiṇāṃ śroṇīmāyacchet* | *evamuttarau śroṇyaṃsau* |

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¹¹ *śaṅkum*, MU, S.

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¹² *ardhe* repeated in MU.

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¹³ *antyayoḥ*, MU, D.

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**2.2** *pramāṇaṃ tiryagdvikaraṇyāyāmastasyākṣṇayārajjustrikaraṇī* |

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**2.3** *tṛtīyakaraṇyetena vyākhyātā* | *vibhāgastu navadhā* |

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¹⁴ *vṛddhram-*, D, MU.

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**2.5** *caturaśrāccaturaśraṃ nirjihīrṣan yāvannirjihīrṣettasya karaṇyā varṣīyaso*¹⁵ *vṛdhramullikhet* | *vṛdhrasya pārśvamānīmakṣṇayetaratpārśvamupasaṃharet* | *sā yatra nipatettadapacchindyāt* | *chinnayā nirastam* |

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¹⁵ MU omits.

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**2.6** *upasaṃhṛtā akṣṇayārajjussā catuṣkaraṇī chinnā cetarā ca yatpṛthagbhūte kurutaḥ tadubhayaṃ karoti* | *tiryaṅmānī puruṣaṃ śeṣastrīn*¹⁶ | *taduktam* |

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¹⁶ *-strīṃ*, BK.

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**2.7** *dīrghacaturaśraṃ samacaturaśraṃ cikīrṣan tiryaṅmānyā apacchidya śeṣaṃ vibhajyobhayata upadadhyāt* | *khaṇḍamāgantunā saṃpūrayet* | *tasya nirhāra*¹⁷ *uktaḥ* |

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¹⁷ *nirhāsa*, MU

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**3.1** *samacaturaśraṃ dīrghacaturaśraṃ cikīrṣan yāvaccikīrṣet tāvatīṃ pārśvamānīṃ kṛtvā yadadhikaṃ syāttadyathā*¹⁸ *yogamupadadhyāt* |

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¹⁸ *tad*, not in MU.

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**3.2** *caturaśraṃ maṇḍalaṃ cikīrṣan madhyātkoṭyāṃ nipātayet* | *pārśvataḥ parikṛṣyātiśayatṛtīyena saha maṇḍalaṃ parilikhet* | *sā nityā*¹⁹ *maṇḍalam*²⁰ | *yāvaddhīyate tāvadāgantu* |

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¹⁹ Thus BK, MU; *sānityā*, according to comm.

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²⁰ S, omits.

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**3.3** *maṇḍalaṁ caturaśraṁ cikīrṣan viṣkambhaṁ pañcadaśabhāgānkṛtvā dvāvuddharet | trayodaśāvaśiṣyante | sānityā*²¹ *caturaśram |*

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²¹ Thus MU; *sā nityā*, BK.

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**3.4** *pramāṇena pramāṇaṁ vidhīyate |*

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**3.5** *caturaśram*²² *ādeśādanyat |*

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²² *caturaśraṁ*, not in MU.

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**3.6** *dvābhyāṁ catvāri | tribhirnava |*

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**3.7** *yāvatpramāṇā rajjustāvatastāvato vargān karoti | tathopalabdhiḥ |*

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**3.8** *adhyardhapuruṣā rajjurdvau sapādau*²³ *karoti | ardhatṛtīyapuruṣā ṣaṭ sapādān |*

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²³ *savādau*, MU.

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**3.9** *athātyanta pradeśaḥ*²⁴ *| yāvatā yāvatā*²⁵ *'dhikena parilikhati tatpār-śvayorupadadhāti | yacca tena caturaśraṁ kryate tatkoṭyām |*

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²⁴ *prādeśaḥ*, D.

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²⁵ *yāvatā* once in D.

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**3.10** *ardhapramāṇena pādapramāṇam vidhīyate | ardhasya dvipramāṇāyāḥ pādapūraṇatvāt | tṛtīyena navamī kalā |*

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**4.1** *agnyādheyike vihāre gārhapatyāhavanīyayorantarāle vijñāyate | aṣṭāsu prakrameṣu brāhamaṇo' gnimādadhta | ekādaśasu rājanyaḥ | dvādaśasu vaiśyaḥ |*

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**4.2** *caturviṁśatyāmaparimite*²⁶ *yāvatā vā cakṣuṣā manyate tasmānnā-tidūramādheya iti sarveṣāmaviśeṣeṇa śrūyate |*

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²⁶ *aparicite*, MU.

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**4.3** *dakṣiṇataḥ purastādvitṛtīyadeśe gārhapatyasya nedīyasi dakṣiṇā-gnervijñāyate |*

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**4.4** *gārhapatyāhavanīyayorantarālam pañcadhā ṣaḍdhā vā saṁvibhajya*²⁷ *ṣaṣṭhaṁ saptamam vā bhāgamāgantumupasamasya*²⁸ *samaṁ traidham vibhajyāparasmimstṛtīye lakṣaṇaṁ kṛtvā gārhapatyāhavanīyayorantau niyamya lakṣaṇena dakṣiṇāpāyamya nimittaṁ karoti | taddakṣiṇāgnerāyatanam | śrutisāmarthyāt |*

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²⁷ *saṁbhujya*, BK.

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²⁸ Thus MU & most Mss; *upasamasyāgantu-*, BK.

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**4.5** *yajamānamātrī prācyaparimitā vā yathāsannāni havīṁṣi saṁbhavedeveam tiraścīprāñcau vedyamsāvunnayati | pratīcī śroṇī | purastādamhīyasī paścāt-prathīyasī madhye saṁnatataraivamiva hi yoṣeti dārśikyā vedervijñāyate |*

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*4.6 apareṇāhavanīyaṃ yajamānamātraṃ*²⁹ *dīrghacaturaśraṃ*³⁰ *vihṛtya tāvatīṃ rajjumabhyasya*³¹ *madhye lakṣaṇaṃ kṛtvā dakṣiṇayoḥ śroṇyaṃsayo- rantau*³² *niyamya lakṣaṇena dakṣiṇāpāyamya nimittaṃ karoti | nimitte rajjuṃ niyamyāntau samasyet*³³ *| dakṣiṇāyāḥ śroṇerdakṣiṇamaṃsamālikhet | evamuttarataḥ tiryaṅmānīm dviguṇāṃ tathā kṛtvā paścātpurastāccopalikhet*³⁴ *| vimitāyāṃ purastāt pārśvamānyā upasaṃharet | śrutisāmarthyāt |*

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²⁹ *yajamānamātrī*, MU.

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³⁰ *dīrgham caturaśraṃ*, MU.

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³¹ *āyamya*, MU.

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³² -antarā, MU.

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³³ *samasya*, BK.

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³⁴ Thus in D, Gr, MU, BK. *parilikhet*, S.

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*5.1 triṃśatpadāni prakramā vā paścāttiraścī bhavati ṣaṭtriṃśatprācī caturviṃśatiḥ purastāttiraścīti saumikyā vedervijñāyate |*

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*5.2 ṣaṭtriṃśikāyāmaṣṭādaśopasamasya aparasmādantāddvādaśasu lakṣaṇaṃ pañcadaśasu lakṣaṇaṃ pṛṣṭhyāntayorantau niyamya pañcadaśikena*³⁵ *dakṣiṇāpāyamya śaṅkuṃ nihantyevamuttarataste*³⁶ *śroṇī | viparyasyāṃsau*³⁷ *pañcadaśike*³⁸*naivāpāyamya*³⁹ *dvādaśike śaṅkuṃ nihanti | evamuttaratastā- vaṃsau | tadekarajjvā viharaṇam |*

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³⁵ *pañcadaśakena*, MU.

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³⁶ *te* not in MU.

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³⁷ *viparyastayāṃsau*, MU.

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³⁸ -*daśakena*, MU.

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³⁹ -*apāyamya*, not in D.

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*5.3 trikacatuṣkayoḥ pañcikā*’ *kṣṇayārajjuḥ | tābhistrirabhyastābhiramsaṃ*’ *| caturabhyastābhiḥ śroṇī |*

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*5.4 dvādaśikapañcikayostrayodaśikā*’ *kṣṇayārajjuḥ tābhiramsau dvira- bhyastābhiḥ śroṇī |*

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*5.5 pañcadaśikāṣṭikayoḥ saptadaśikā*’ *kṣṇayārajjuḥ tābhiḥ śroṇī | dvādaśikapañcatriṃśikayossaptatriṃśikā*’ *kṣṇayārajjuḥ tābhiramsau |*

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*5.6 etāvanti jñeyāni vediviharaṇāni bhavanti |*

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⁴⁰ -*syottarata*, MU; *-sya-ttarata*, S.

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⁴¹ *vederbitṭīyadeśe*, MU.

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⁴² *veder*-, not in BK.

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**6.1** *dvistāvā*⁴³ *vedirbhavatītyaśvamedhe vijñāyate* | (5.10) | *prakramasya dvikaraṇī prakramasthānīyā bhavati* | (6.1) |

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⁴³ *dvistāvān*, Gr.

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**6.2** *prakramo dvipadastripado vā* | *prakrame yathākāmī śabdārthasya viśayitvāt* | *yajamānasyādhvaryorvā* | *eṣa hi ceṣṭānāṃ kartā bhavati* |

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**6.3** *rathamātrī niruḍhapaśubandhasya vedirbhatīti vijñāyate* | *tatra*⁴⁴ *khalvāhūrathākṣamātrī paścāttiryagīṣayā prācī* | *vipathayugena purastāt* | *yāvatā vā*⁴⁵ *bāhye chidre* |

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⁴⁴ *tasya*, MU.

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⁴⁵ Missed in D.

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**6.4** *tadekarajjvoktam* | *pañcadaśikenaivāpāyamyārdhākṣeṇārdhayugeneti*⁴⁶ *śroṇyaṃsānnirharet* |

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⁴⁶ *-īti*, not in MU.

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**6.5** *athāpyudāharanti* | *aṣṭāśītiśatamīṣā tiryagakṣaścatuśśataṃ ṣaḍaśītiryugaṃ cāsya sa*⁴⁷ *rathaścāraṇa ucyate* | *iti rathaparimāṇam* |

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⁴⁷ Not in MU.

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**6.6** *aratnibhirvā caturbhiḥ paścāt ṣaḍbhiḥ prācī tribhiḥ purastāt* | *tadekarajjvoktaṃ pañcadaśikenaivāpāyamya dvābhyāmadhyardheneti śroṇyaṃsānnirharet* |

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**6.7** *yajamānamātrī catuḥsraktirbhavatīti paitṛkyā vedervijñāyate* | *tadekarajjvoktaṃ pañcadaśikenaivāpāyamyārdhena tataśśroṇyaṃsānnirharet*⁴⁸ |

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⁴⁸ Not in S.

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**6.8** *daśapadottara*⁴⁹*vedirbhavatīti some vijñāyate* | *tadekarajjvoktaṃ pañcadaśikenaivāpāyamyārdhena tataś*⁵⁰*śroṇyaṃsānnirharet* |

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⁴⁹ *-dottarā*, MU.

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⁵⁰ Not in S.

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**6.9** *tāṃ yugena yajamānasya vā padairvimāya śamyayā parimimīte* |

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**6.10** *pade yuge’ ratnāviyati śamyāyāṃ ca mānārtheṣu yathākāmī*⁵¹ *śabdārthasya viśayitvāt* |

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⁵¹ *yāthākāmī*, BK.

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**6.11** *vimitāyāṃ purastātpārśvamānyā*⁵² *vupasaṃharet* | *śrutisāmarthyāt* |

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⁵² *-mānyā upasaṃ-*, MU.

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**7.1** *navāratni tiryaksaptaviṃśatirudagāyatamiti sadaso vijñāyate* | (7.1) |

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*aṣṭādaśetyekeṣām* | (7.2) | *tadekarajjvoktaṃ pañcadaśikenaivāpāyamyārdha-pañcamaiḥ*⁵³ *śroṇyaṃsānnirharet* | (7.3) |

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⁵³ *-pañcakai*, D; *-pañcamī*, Gr. ; *-pañcame*, S.

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**7.2** *prādeśamukhāḥ prādeśāntarālā bhavantītyuparavāṇāṃ vijñāyate* | *aratni-mātraṃ caturaśraṃ vihṛtya sraktiṣu śaṅkūnnihatyārdhaprādeśena taṃ*⁵⁴ *parili-khet śrutisāmarthyāt* | (7.4) |

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⁵⁴ Repeated in MU, BK.

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**7.4** *karaṇaṃ vyāyāmasya tṛtīyāyāmaṃ saptama*⁵⁵*vyāsaṃ kārayet* | (7.7) | *tā ekaviṃśatirbhavanti* | (7.8) | *prāgāyāmāḥ prathame prastāre’ parasminnu-dagāyāmāḥ* | (7.9) |

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⁵⁵ *saptavyāsaṃ*, D.

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**7.5** *maṇḍalāyāṃ mṛdo dehaṃ kṛtvā madhye śaṅkuṃ nihatyārdhavyāyāmena saha maṇḍalaṃ parilikhet* | *tasmiṃścaturaśramavadadhyādyāvatsaṃbhavetta-nnavadhā vyavalikhya traidhamekāikaṃ pradhikaṃ vibhajet* | (7.10) |

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**7.6** *upadhāne caturaśrasyāvāntaradeśānprati sraktīssaṃpādayet* | *madhyānī-tarasmin*⁵⁶*prastāre* | *vyatyāsaṃ cinuyādyāvataḥ prastārāṃścikīrṣet* | (7.11) |

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⁵⁶ *-nitasmin-*, D.

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⁵⁷ *dhiṣṇiyānāṃ*, BK.

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**7.8** *mṛdo dehānkṛtvā āgnīndhrīyaṃ navadhā vyavalikhya ekasyāssthāne’*⁵⁸ *śmānamupadadhyāt* | (7.14) | *yathāsaṃkhyamitarān*⁵⁹ *vyavalikhya yathāyo-gamupadadhyāt* | (7.15) |

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⁵⁸ *-syā*, S; *-sya*, Gr.

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⁵⁹ *-itarā*, MU.

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**8.1** *bhavatīva khalu vā eṣā*⁶⁰ *yo’gniṃ cinuta*⁶¹ *iti vijñāyate* | *vayasāṃ vā eṣa pratimayā cīyata ityākṛticodanā*⁶² *pratyakṣavidhānādvā* |

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⁶⁰ Not in D

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⁶¹ *cinute*, MU.

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⁶² *codonāt*, MU, Gr.

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**8.2** *yāvadāmnātena*⁶³ *veṇunā catura*⁶³ *ātmani puruṣānavamimīte* | *puruṣaṃ dakṣiṇe pakṣe puruṣaṃ pucche puruṣamuttare* | *aratninā dakṣiṇato dakṣiṇaṃ*

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⁶³ *āmnānena*, MU, Gr.

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⁶³ *caturaśre*, MU.

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*pakṣaṃ vardhayati*⁶⁴ *| evamuttarata uttaram | prādeśena vitastyā vā paścāt pucchaṃ |*

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⁶⁴ *pravardhayati*, BK.

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**8.3** *ekavidhaḥ prathamo' gnirdvividhaḥ dvitīyastrividhastṛtīyaḥ | ta evameva ādyantyaikaśatavidhāt |*

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**8.4** *tadu ha vai saptavidhameva cinvīta | saptavidho vāva prākṛto'gniḥ | tata ūrdhvamekottarānīti vijñāyate |*

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**8.5** *ekavidhaprabhṛtīnāṃ na pakṣapucchāni bhavanti | saptavidhavākyaśeṣatvācchrutivipratiṣedhācca |*

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**8.6** *aṣṭavidhaprabhṛtīnāṃ yadanyatsaptabhyastatsaptadhā vibhajya pratipuruṣamāveśayet | ākṛtivikārasyāśrutatvāt |*

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**8.7** *puruṣamātreṇa vimimīte veṇunā vimimīte iti vijñāyate |*

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**9.1** *yāvānyajamāna ūrdhvabāhustāvadantarāle venośchidre karoti madhye tṛtīyam | apareṇa yūpāvaṭadeśamanupṛṣṭhyaṃ veṇuṃ nidhāya chidreṣu śaṅkūn*⁶⁵*nihatya unmucyāparābhyāṃ dakṣiṇāprākparilikhed*⁶⁶ *antāt | unmucya pūrvasmādaparasmin*⁶⁷*pratimucya dakṣiṇā pratyakparilikhedantāt*⁶⁶ *| (8.8) | unmucya veṇuṃ madhyame śaṅkāvantyaṃ veṇośchidraṃ pratimucyoparyuparilekhāsamaraṃ dakṣiṇā veṇuṃ nidhāyāntye chidre śaṅkuṃ nihatya tasminmadhyamaṃ veṇośchidraṃ pratimucya*⁶⁸ *lekhāntayoritare pratiṣṭhāpya chidrayośśaṅkū nihanti | sa*⁶⁹ *puruṣaścaturasraḥ | (9.1) |*

Linked texts (2)

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