The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t6.13

c8.t6.13

**8.11-8.13.** *Placement of bricks in the first layer.* Starting with the south wing, 4 B₂ bricks flanked on either side by 2 B₄ bricks are placed in a row, east-west, at a distance of 40 *aṅgulas* from the end of the wing (Fig. 33). Dvārakānātha explains *puruṣatṛtīyavelāyām* as *catvāriṁśadaṅgulapramāṇavelāyāmatītyām*. Then 8 B₁s are placed in two rows, leaving a space which can be filled exactly by 18 B₃ bricks. In this way, 34 bricks can be placed in the south wing (*evaṁ pakṣe catustriṁśadiṣṭakāḥ*. The northern wing is covered in the same way starting with the northern end.