The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t3.31

The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t3.31

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c8.t3.31

**3.1-3.5** According to Baudhāyana, the *āhavanīya* is constructed at a distance of 8 *prakramas* from the *gārhapatya* fire, when it is made by 4 Brāhmaṇas. The distance is sometimes 11 or 12 *prakramas* for peoples other than the Brāhmaṇas and followed traditionally from the time of the *Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa* (*Śat. Br.* I. 7.3. 23-25). For finding the relative positions of *gārhapatya*, *āhavanīya* and *dakṣiṇāgni* fires, Baudhāyana has prescribed the following three methods :

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Śatapathabrāhmaṇa — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit