The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c7.378
The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c7.378
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9.3 A bamboo rod equal to the diagonal of a square of side one *puruṣa* is placed across from (the western end of) the east-west line and another (rod of one *puruṣa*) is placed on the east side (from the eastern end). By them (that is, by their meeting point) the south-east corner is fixed. By reversing (the placement of the two rods), the south-west corner is fixed. Proceeding as before, the north-east corner is fixed.