The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t31.34

c8.t31.34

**3.6-3.9.** The *sada* is given as a rectangle, 27 × 9. Out of a rectangular area of breadth 10 *aṅgulas* in the eastern side of the *mahāvedi*, the rectangle of breadth 2½ *aṅg.* from east is for *śikhaṇḍini vedi* (*vide* *Bśl.* 4.12), and the next rectangle of 7½ *aṅg.* is known as *devyavedi*. The description of *kaukilī vedi* is not clear. According to Gelder, this represents an isosceles trapezium having *prācī* equal to 12 *prakramas*, base 10 *prakramas* and face 8 *prakramas*.