The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t17.15
The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t17.15
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c8.t17.15
With *B*₆ at the tip of the head, the total comes to 199. So the commentator observes that to complete the number and for the sake of symmetry *B*₆ at the tip is replaced by 2*B*₃s (*śirasi sūtroktāṃ caturaśreṣṭakāmuddhṛtyāntadīrghapārśve pādeṣṭake nidadhyāt |*). The arrangement of bricks is shown in Table 13.