The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t5.5
The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t5.5
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c8.t5.5
With this length as unit of measure, the altar is constructed in the same manner as in original falcon-shaped altar. For obtaining the portion 2p/15, Baudhāyana perhaps divided the extra area into 15 equal parts by drawing 15 parallel lines or by drawing 3 parallel lines in one side and 5 parallel lines on the other after p square areas were turned into a square. Then two of these rectangular pieces were combined together with the help of *samāsavidi*.