The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t26.5
The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t26.5
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c8.t26.5
In Āpastamba’s *droṇaciti*, the relative areas of the handle and the body of the trough are different from those prescribed by Baudhāyana. The area of the seven-fold fire-altar being 108000 sq. *aṅg.*, the handle measures 10800 sq. *aṅg.* and the body 97200 sq. *aṅg.* The area of the square body is 9 times that of the square handle and therefore the side of the handle is one-third of the side of the body. The sides are :