The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t18.4
The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t18.4
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c8.t18.4
**21.5-21.9.** The side of the inscribed square, 256 *aṅg.* 25 *ti* is divided into 12 equal parts, and squared bricks are formed with side equal to each such part, that is, 21 *aṅg.* 13 *ti* which agrees with the value of the commentator (*trayodaśatilasahitāika-viṁśatyaṅguleneṣṭakāḥ*). But the commentator's value of 255 *aṅg.* 19 *ti* for the side of the inscribed square is inaccurate inasmuch as it leads to 21 *aṅg.* and 10 *ti* as the side of the square brick and not 21 *aṅg.* 13 *ti* as mentioned.