The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t23.2

c8.t23.2

**10.1-10.3.** The method of arranging bricks of size one-fifth of a *puruṣa* and those derived from them in a rectilinear *śyenacit* is described in this chapter. The first three *sūtras* indicate the procedure for the first layer. The bricks to be used and already described in 9.6 are: {llr} B_1 — one-fifth (of a puruṣa), pa\tilde{n}camabh\bar{a}g\bar{i}ya, pa\tilde{n}cami— & 24× 24 a\dot{n}g² / B_2 — one-fifth with half, adhyardh\bar{a}-pa\tilde{n}cami & — 36× 24 , / B_3 — half of one-fifth, ardh\bar{a} of pa\tilde{n}cam\bar{i} & — 24× 12 , / B_4 — quarter of one-fifth, pr\bar{a}de\acute{s}a & — 12× 12 , / B_5 — one-fifteenth, pa\tilde{n}cada\acute{s}abh\bar{a}g\bar{i}y\bar{a}, one-ninth of pa\tilde{n}cami & — 8× 8 ,