The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t25.6
The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t25.6
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c8.t25.6
Āpastamba advises the use of isosceles triangular bricks of different sizes, as explained by his commentators. Since the isosceles triangle *ABC* formed out of the square *EBCD* is 15/2 sq. *pu.* we have (Fig. (13(a)): BC = AF = √15 pu = 120 √15 ang = 464 ang 22 ti (approx.) AB = 300 √3 ang = 519 ang 21 ti. ( = 4 pu. 39 ang. 21 ti, Karavinda)