The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c7.335

c7.335

The east-west line (*prācī*) has the measure of the sacrificer (96 *aṅgulas*) or of indefinite measure like that of clarified butter in relation to fire. Such is the case with the breadth. The two *aṁsas* (shoulders) of the fire-altar are to be raised in the east and the two *śroṇīs* (hips) in the west. It (the altar) is shorter on the eastern side, broader on the western side and curved in the middle. It is like a wooden doll. Such is the tradition of the *dārśikyā* fire-altar.