The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t28.15
The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t28.15
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c8.t28.15
B₁ — the four-sided one-sixteenth (*ṣoḍaśī*) brick, of which ab = ⅛ pu. or 15 *aṅg.*, bc = ¼ pu. or 30 *aṅg.*, cd = ⅜ pu. or 45 *aṅg.* and da = ¼√2 pu. or 30√2 ang. The area is 30 × 15 + ½ × 30 × 30 = 900 sq. ang.