The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t9.6
The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t9.6
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c8.t9.6
The body is made out of a rectangle *ABCD* (Fig. 41(a) ), of which AD = 144 *aṅgulas* or 6 *aratnis*, AB = 240 *aṅgulas* or 10 *aratnis* and the area 60 sq. *aratnis*. By the cutting of the corners at distances of 2 *aratnis* (48 *aṅgulas*), 8 sq. *aratnis* are removed so that *EFGHIJKL* measures exactly 52 sq. *aratnis*.