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The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c7.796

The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c7.796

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c7.796

**14.21.** Four kinds of bricks are prepared with one-third and one-fourth (of a *puruṣa*). These are one-ninth of the original (40, 40), triangular (30, 30, 30 √2), half-triangular (15 √2, 30, 15 √2) and five-cornered bricks (15 √2, 15√2, 15, 30, 15).