The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c7.169

c7.169

**11.6** Bricks of side equal to one-fifth of a *puruṣa* (*pañcamī*, 24 *aṅg.* × 24 *aṅg.*); bricks of which one side is longer by half (*adhyardhā*) (36 *aṅg.* × 24 *aṅg.*); bricks of which one side is longer by a quarter (*sapādā*, 30 *aṅg.* × 24 *aṅg.*); bricks which are quarter in size of those with side equal to one-fifth (of a *puruṣa*) (*pañcamī-pādyā*); bricks which are half in size (of the above, e.g., *pañcamī-ardhyā*); likewise, of bricks with side longer by half (that is, half and two types of quarter bricks made out of *adhyardhās*); triangular bricks made by joining two eighth parts, one from each of them (the eighth part of a *pañcamī* to be joined with the eighth part of an *adhyardhā*, called *ubhayī*); and bricks of which one eighth the size of those with side equal to one-fifth (of a *puruṣa*). These are the ten (different types).