The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t33.2

c8.t33.2

**6.1-6.9.** *Gārhapatyaciti*. Six kinds of bricks are used for the construction of *gārhapatya* fire-altar. Their measurements are: 12 *aṅg* × 24 *aṅg*.; 24 *aṅg* × 24 *aṅg*.; 12 *aṅg*. × 12 *aṅg*.; 12 *aṅg* × 6 *aṅg*.; 12 *aṅg*. × 18 *aṅg*.; and 30 *aṅg*. × 30 *aṅg*. The height of these bricks is 6 *aṅg*.; the heights of *nākasad* and *pañcacodā* are half of these, but whether the heights of *ṛtavyā* and *vaiśvadevī* bricks are also half is not clear. Mānava gives no idea as to how to arrange the bricks in the first and second layers (compare with *MŚl*. 13.6-13.13). The *sūtra* 6.7 is so vague and inadequate that no attempt has been made to reconstruct the arrangement of bricks.