The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t20.28
The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t20.28
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c8.t20.28
*Nirudapaśubandha vedi by one cord*. The construction of the *nirudapaśubandha vedi* is done according to *ekarajju* measure taught in *Āśl*. 5.1 and 5.2. Here the relation, $a² + (5/12a)² = (13/12a)², for a = 188,$ $i.e. (188)² + (78⅓)² = (203⅔)²$ has been used for the construction of isosceles trapezium, whose face in 86 *aṅg*., base 104 *aṅg*. and altitude 188 *aṅg*.