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# Khadiragrihyasutra 3.5.6

Khādiragṛhyasūtra 3.5.6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.5.6)

paścādagnerdakṣiṇatastisraḥ karṣūḥ khanyāccaturaṅgulamadhastiryak / 6

> To the west of the fire he should dig, in the southern part (of the place mentioned in Sûtra 2) three pits, four inches in depth and breadth.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

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## Translations (1)

- [The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira~en-oldenberg.3.5.6) — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Khādiragṛhyasūtravṛtti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira!rudraskanda.14.5.6-2) — Rudraskanda, Sanskrit

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