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The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t28.21

The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t28.21

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c8.t28.21

B₆ — The brick suitable for use at the end of the tail (*pakṣāgriyā*) broken in the form of four triangles. It consists of two parts, e.g. parallelogram *abcd* and the triangle *ecd*, and is a combination of B₄ and B₂ joined about the common side ¼ pu. The inclination is so adjusted that the parallelogram part fits in the parallelogram part and the triangular in the triangular part of the wing.