The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t5.46
The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t5.46
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c8.t5.46
**7.8.** For construction of a circular *gārhapatya* a square ABCD as large as possible is inscribed within a circle (Fig. 31) Āpastamba has directed that with half a *vyāyāma* as radius this circle is to be drawn; the end points of two diameters standing at right-angles to each other when joined give the largest possible square (*Āśl.* 7.5.).