The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t28.27

c8.t28.27

covered by B₁s, such that at the inclined edges at the four corners of the body and the two sides of the tail, the diagonal sides (½√2 pu., *saviśeṣāḥ*, as Kapardi explains) face outwards; elsewhere 2 B₁s lie with their diagonals touching each other so as to form a rectangle 60 *aṅg.* × 30 *aṅg.*, as the geometry clearly indicates. The number of bricks and their types in the different parts of the fire-altar are given in Table 7.