The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c5.s3.5

c5.s3.5

Āpastamba follows more or less the same procedure and provides the same rules and techniques; but in our view, coming after Baudhāyana and with his text before him, he has not shown any improvement upon Baudhāyana. About the fire-altars, he has discussed different types of *śyenacit*, rectilinear as well as those with curved wings and extended tail and given different arrangements with different types of bricks, but has not gone into the details of other types which he mentions presumably because he has no alternative method of arrangement to suggest. As far as the use of terms and expressions are concerned, there is a remarkable resemblance between Baudhāyana and Āpastamba.