The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t12.11
The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t12.11
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c8.t12.11
**14.5-14.8.** *Placement of bricks in the second layer*, For the second layer, the rules direct the placement of 47 B₄s at the western end of the fire-altar, 1 B₄ at the apex, 2 B₃s and 2 B₄s to fill up the *svayamātṛṇṇa* space in the middle, B₂ bricks at the sides and B₁s in the remaining space. The total number of 200 bricks can be completed in the following manner as explained by the commentator (Fig. 55) :