SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -The Shulba Sutras are part of the larger corpus of texts called the Shrauta Sutras, considered to be appendices to the Vedas. They are the only sources of knowledge of Indian mathematics from the Vedic period. Unique fire-altar shapes were associated with unique gifts from the Gods.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Sulbasutras are appendices to the Vedas which give rules for constructing altars. If the ritual sacrifice was to be successful then the altar had to conform to very precise measurements.

Detailed explanation-3: -Baudhayana sulba sutras (1000BC) are one of the sutras that come under Baudhayana sutras. Baudhayana sutras are a plethora of the Vedic Sanskrit texts which cover Dharma, daily rituals and mathematics and Baudhayana sulba sutras cover the Mathematical part of the Vedic Sanskrit texts.

Detailed explanation-4: -’string, thread’) in Indian literary traditions refers to an aphorism or a collection of aphorisms in the form of a manual or, more broadly, a condensed manual or text. Sutras are a genre of ancient and medieval Indian texts found in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.