The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c7.762
The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c7.762
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c7.762
**13.16.** From the middle (of the cord) between ties marks are given at (a distance of) one *puruṣa* increased by one *aratni*; this is called the *gāyatra* measure and used for the construction of a square; at the end each wing is increased by the *gāyatra* (24 *aṅgulas*) measure and the tail by what is left after taking off 108 *aṅgulas* (from a *puruṣa*).