The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t20.20
The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t20.20
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c8.t20.20
It is to be remembered in this connection that the area of the rectangle was already known to Āpastamba (*Āśl*. 3.6 and 3.7). The units of *mahāvedi* are given in *prakramas* and sometimes in *padas*. *padas* are sometimes calculated in terms of *prakramas* (vide *Bśl*. 4.12 - 4.14), though both of them are relative units (vide also *Āśl*.6.2).