The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t20.17
The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t20.17
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**5.7** : *Area of mahāvedi*. The *mahāvedi* covers an area of 972 sq. *padas*. The rule gives hints how to calculate the area by proper transformation. The method is described here. The isosceles trapezium ABCD denoting *mahāvedi* has face, 24, base 30, and height 36 *padas*. For measuring the area, the portion *DCL* is cut off and placed in the northern side after inverting it and its new position becomes *AKB* (Fig. 6 ).