The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t2.52
The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t2.52
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c8.t2.52
In the case of a rectangle of very great length, Kātyāyana’s (*Kśl.* 3.3) advice is to cut it again and again by its breadth, combine the pieces by the *samāsa* method (*Bśl.* 2.1) and finally to achieve the result by applying the *nirhāra* method (*Bśl.* 2.2). This is clearly no improvement upon the method given by Baudhāyana.