The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t3.49
The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t3.49
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c8.t3.49
A cord of length 2 *BC* is taken and a mark is given at its middle. Two ends of the cord are fixed at the southern poles *A* and *B* and is stretched towards south by the middle mark and a pole is fixed at it. Fixing two ends of the cord at this pole an arc is drawn through *AB* by the middle mark of the cord. Similar arcs are drawn in other sides. This is the *vedi* (Fig. 28).