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The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c7.742

The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c7.742

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c7.742

**12.2.** Take the other half of the measure; increase its (measure) by its twenty-fourth part and give at this a sixth knot with a mark, known as *nirañchana*, (used) for diagonal; the remaining (part) is the transverse side (*tiryaṅmānī*). The *śroṇi* is half-hand away from the knot.