The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t3.2

c8.t3.2

This and the following four chapters 4-7 deal with the positions, relative distances, and areas of various sacrificial fires and altars as also the types of bricks used in the construction of some of them. For a fuller appreciation of the details of mensuration presented by the *śulbakāras* in these chapters, a general idea regarding the plan of the sacrificial ground and the various fires and altars mentioned will be helpful. These details have been given at various places of the *Brāhmaṇas*, particularly of the *Yajurveda* school. Karavinda, the commentator of the *Āpastamba-Śulba-sūtra* has also made available a good summary.