The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t14.3
The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t14.3
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c8.t14.3
**17.3.-17.5.** *Measurement and construction.* The body ABCD of the trough is a square of side 2⅔ *puruṣas* or 320 *aṅg*. (Fig. 64). The handle (*tsaru*) EFGH is fixed at the middle of the western side BC of the body. It is a rectangle such that EF = HG = 70 *aṅg*. and FG = EH = 80 *aṅg*. Clearly, BE = CH = 120 *aṅg*. The area of the fire-altar is given by