The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c5.s2.24

c5.s2.24

The relative positions of the three *nitya* fires, the *gārhapatya*, the *āhavanīya* and the *dakṣiṇāgni* are also described in the *Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa*.f The *gārhapatya* fire is represented like a man lying on his back with head ‘towards the east’. The first clear description of the *gārhapatya* as a circle of one square *vyāma* and of the *āhavanīya* as a square of the same size appears in the *Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa*.g The *gārhapatya* fire is to be constructed with 21 bricks.h