The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t8.34

c8.t8.34

rectangle ABCD with *AD* equal to 60 *aṅg.* (2 *prakramas*) and *AB* 45 *aṅg.* (3 *padas*) is taken in the centre of the body (Fig. 40). The placement of 4 B₅s and 4 B₃s is shown as per explanation of the commentator : *svayamātṛṇṇāvakāśamadhyam gṛhītvā padatrayavyāsaṃ prakramadvayadirgham dīrghacaturaśram dakṣiṇottaram buddhyā parikalpya caturaśrapūrvapārśve pratyagagre dve haṃsamukhyau paścimapārśve prāgagre dve haṃsamukhyau | tāsāṃ madhye dakṣiṇottarāgre antardīrghapārśve pādeṣṭake | caturaśradakṣiṇottarapārśvayormadhyabhūtāntarālayorbahirdīrghapārśve dakṣiṇottarāgre dve pādeṣṭake | evamaṣṭeṣṭakaṃ dīrghacaturaśraṃ bhavati |*