The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t18.7

c8.t18.7

In the first layer, there are 144 square bricks inside the inscribed square, 24 square bricks in the segments and 28 bricks of different types in the remaining space of the *pradhi*. This makes 196 bricks. Now the *pradhi-madhyamā* is pushed into the head and the vacant space thus created is filled with 2 bricks. The four feet are filled with 8 bricks of two types obtained in the process of cutting the *ṣoḍaśī* square bricks by the circle of the body as referred to before. The total now becomes 206, that is, 6 bricks in excess of the required number of 200. This is adjusted by replacing 18 square bricks by 12 1½ square bricks. (*aṣṭādaśa caturaśra uddhṛtya dvādaśādhyardheṣṭakā upadadhyāt*).