The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c7.145
The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c7.145
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c7.145
**10.3** (Then one should make) quarter bricks (with the same area as that of a *caturthī-pādyā*) bounded by four sides (measuring) ½ *pada*, 1 *pada*, 1½ *pada* and √2 *pada*. Two of them touching each other along their long sides (1½ *pada*) are made into (another) half brick (called *haṁsamukhī*, swan beaked, with the same area as that of a *caturthī-ardhyā*).