The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t27.9
The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t27.9
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c8.t27.9
**15.6.** *The wing.* For the construction of the wing, a rectangle *ABCD* is taken, such that *AB* equals 120 *aṅg.* and *AD* 228¾ *aṅg.* (Fig. 15(a)). Upon *BC* and *AD*, the triangles *BFC* and *AED* are constructed. *BF*, *CF*, *AE*, *DE* each equals 120 *aṅg.* *AEDCFB* is the new shape of the wing in which the bending (*nirṇāma*) takes place at *E* and *F*.