The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c5.s2.13
The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c5.s2.13
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c5.s2.13
| *Agni* | Desired objects |
| *Chandaścit* (in the form of bird ) | Desiring cattle |
| *Śyenacit* ( -do- ) | „ heaven |
| *Kaṅkacit* ( -do- ) | „ „ |
| *Alajacit* ( -do- ) | Desiring support from the heaven |
| *Prauga* (in the form of an isosceles triangle) | Annihilation of rivals |
| *Ubhayata prauga* (in the form of a rhombus) | „ |
| *Rathacakracit* (in the form of a chariot wheel) | „ |
| *Droṇacit* (in the form of a trough) | Gaining food |
| *Paricāyyacit* (in the form of a circle) | Desiring a region |
| *Śmaśānacit* (in the form of a pyre) (isosceles trapezium) | Attaining the place where the forefathers have gone (*pitṛloka*). |