The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t28.10
The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t28.10
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c8.t28.10
In the middle of the rectangle less the portion where four squares were drawn up, the east-west line *GHI* is drawn perpendicular to the sides *BF*, *AE*. *BF* is 217½ *aṅg.* and *BI* 108¾ *aṅg.* The point *H* on the east-west line is obtained by stretching a cord or a rod of 1 *pu.* such that *BH* equals 1 *p.u.* (Sundararāja explains—*pakṣasya sārdhasaptadaśadviśatāṅgulasya madhye lekhāṃ kṛtvā pakṣāpyasyāparānte puruṣamātraṃ veṇuṃ niyamya tasyāṃ lekhāyāṃ nipātayet / sā yatra nipatati lekhāyāṃ tatra nitodam kuryāt / *)