The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t28.9
The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t28.9
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c8.t28.9
At the end, the rectangular strip *EDFC* of breadth 30 *aṅg.* is made and divided into 4 squares, 30 × 30 *aṅg.* each. Each square is diagonally cut and the outer half removed. *ABCD* whose area is 2 1/16 *sq. pu.* is equivalent of 33 *ṣoḍaśī* bricks. An area equivalent of 2 *ṣoḍaśīs* is discarded by diagonally cutting the 4 squares, leaving an area equal to that of 31 *ṣoḍaśī* bricks.