The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c13.s3.2
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c13.s3.2
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c13.s3.2
"He should construct the *Śmaśāna-cit* ('the Fire-altar of the shape of the cemetery') who desires: 'May I gain prosperity in the *Pitṛloka* (the world of the fathers):'¹ it has been (taught). Six puruṣas are the length of the east-to-west line, three the length of the eastern side and two the length of the western side. This is the body (of that Fire-altar)."²