The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t28.3

The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t28.3

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c8.t28.3

**18.3.** *Areas of different parts of the falcon.* One-sixteenth or *ṣoḍaśī* square bricks are used here for purposes of measurements. The same method was used by Baudhāyana for measuring the circular *droṇacit* (*BŚl.* 18.2). As already explained, the area is 1/16 sq. *pu.* or 900 sq. *aṅg.*, that is, a square of side ¼ *pu.* or 30 *aṅg.* Clearly, 120 *ṣoḍaśī* bricks make 7½ sq. *pu.* On this basis, measurements of the different parts of the fire-altar are as follows :

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Baudhāyanaśulbasūtra — Baudhāyana, Sanskrit