The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t5.6

The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t5.6

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c8.t5.6

Both Āpastamba (*Āśl.* 8.6) and Kātyāyana (*Kśl.* 5.5) have given the same value of Baudhāyana, which equals the side of a square of 2/15(7½ + p) sq. *puruṣas* (where p = 1 sq. *puruṣa*). Kātyāyana has given the same value of enlarged sq. unit in two other forms as follows :

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Linked texts (2)

Āpastambaśulbasūtra — Āpastamba, Sanskrit
Kātyāyanaśulbasūtra — Kātyāyana (Vājasaneyi sūtrakāra), Sanskrit