The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t17.13

c8.t17.13

**20.12-20.15.** *The placement of bricks in the first layer.* As per *sūtras*, 1 *B*₆ is to be placed at the tip of the head and below it 2 *B*₅s (Fig. 73). In each foot 5 *B*₆s and 2 *B*₃s are placed as shown in the figure. In the remaining space, *B*₂s are placed wherever the corners are cut diagonally and *B*₁s in the rest. Clearly, the number 200 cannot be arrived at in this way; so *B*₁s are replaced by *B*₂s as necessary. According to the commentary, this can be done in the following way. Excluding the feet, the whole space of the fire-altar can be divided into 12 vertical rows, — 6 on the southern side of the line passing through the centre of the body and the tip of the head and 6 on its northern side. In the first 6 rows from the southernmost one, the arrangement is as follows :—