The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t2.28

c8.t2.28

The second method concerns the transformation of a square into a rectangle of which one side is given. The same rule is also given by Āpastamba (*Āsl.* 3.1). Both Baudhāyana and Āpastamba gave no clear exposition of the second half of this *sūtra*. To substantiate this rule, Thibaut,a considered as an instance a square of side 5 units and changed it into a rectangle of 3 units by 8⅓ units. Likewise, Bürkb transformed a square of side 6 units into a rectangle of 4 units by 9 units as follows.