The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c20.s4.13

c20.s4.13

" 'Or else increase the measure (between the *Gārhapatya* and *Āhavanīya*) by its fifth part; divide (a cord as long as) the whole into five parts and make a mark at the end of two parts from the western extremity (of the cord). Having fastened the two ties at the ends of the east-west line, stretch the cord towards the south having taken it by the mark and fix a pole at the point reached. This is the place of the *Dakṣiṇāgni*.' "¹