The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c7.334

c7.334

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 third part from the western end. (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 point reached by the mark). This is the place of the *dakṣiṇāgni*. This is according to *Śruti*.