The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t24.3
The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t24.3
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c8.t24.3
*aṇuka* means one-fourth of a *puruṣa*, i.e. 30 *aṅgulas*; *aratni* has already been explained; *ūrvasthī* stands for one-sixth of a *puruṣa*, i.e. 20 *aṅgulas* (*puruṣasya ṣaṣṭho bhāga ūrvasthī*-Karavinda). *pāda* is a quarter; by using it with bricks of size one-fourth, one-fifth etc. of a *puruṣa*, their quarter bricks are indicated.