The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t17.10
The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t17.10
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c8.t17.10
B₁ — square brick of side 1/4 pu, caturthi ; 30 × 30 sq. ang. B₂ — triangular brick (diagonally cut), half of *caturthi*, *ardhyā* ; two sides 30 ang each, diagonal side 30√2 ang. B₃ — triangular brick, one fourth of *caturthi*, *pādyā* ; two sides 15√2 ang each, the diagonal side 30 ang. B₄ — four-sided brick of area 1½ padya ; its sides are 15 ang., 15 ang., 30 ang. and 15√2 ang. B₅ — brick formed by joining 2 B₄ bricks along the longest side, hamsamukhi. B₆ — square brick of area equal to half *caturthi* ; 15√2 × 15√2 sq. ang.