The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c7.32

c7.32

**3.3** Alternatively, the distance between the *gārhapatya* and the *āhavanīya* is divided into five or six (equal) parts, a sixth or a seventh part is added, the whole (of the cord measuring the original distance plus the added part) is divided into three (equal) parts, and a mark is given at the end of the second part from the eastern extremity. (With two ties) fastened to (poles at) the two ends of (the distance between) the *gārhapatya* and the *āhavanīya*, the cord is stretched to the south by the mark and a pole fixed at (the spot reached by) the mark. This is the place of the *dakṣiṇāgni*.