The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t1.20
The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t1.20
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c8.t1.20
For the construction of any geometrical figure intended in the *śulbasūtra* XY is always stretched along east-west line, known as *pārśvamāni*, YT along north-south line, known as *tiryaṅmāni*, and XT along the diagonal known as *akṣṇayārajju*. Now it is easy to see how the right-angled triangle XYT has been used for the construction of the square.