The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c20.s4.11

c20.s4.11

"Or else divide the distance between the *Gārhapatya* and *Āhavanīya* into five or six (equal) parts; add (to it) a sixth or seventh part; then divide (a cord as long as) the whole increased length into three parts and make a mark at the end of two parts from the eastern end (of the cord). Having fastened the two ends of the cord (to the two) poles at the extremities of the distance between the *Gārhapatya* and *Āhavanīya*, stretch it toward the south, having taken it by the mark and fix a pole at the point reached. This is the place of the *Dakṣiṇāgni*." ²