The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t29.13

The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t29.13

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c8.t29.13

**2.10-2.12.** *Construction of an isosceles trapezium.* After explaining the meaning of *dvikaraṇī*, *tṛkaraṇī*, and *tṛtīyākaraṇī* of a given measure Kātyāyana gives the method of construction of the *sautrāmaṇikī vedi*, which is an isosceles trapezium having face = 24/(√3), base = 30/(√3) and altitude = 36/(√3) prakramas (vide *Bśl.* 3.12).

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Baudhāyanaśulbasūtra — Baudhāyana, Sanskrit