The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c7.349
The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c7.349
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c7.349
According to tradition, the altar for the conventional animal sacrifice (*nirūḍhapaśubandha vedi*) has the measures of a chariot. There it is said that the western side (of the altar) measures 1 *akṣa* (104 *aṅgulas*), the east-west line 1 *īṣā* (188 *aṅgulas*) and the eastern side 1 *yuga* (86 *aṅgulas*) or the distance between the two outside holes.