The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t6.8
The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t6.8
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c8.t6.8
**8.8-8.10.** *Measurement of the fire-altar.* In this fire-altar, the body (*ātman*) is a square and the two wings and the tail are rectangles. To set up these rectilinear figures of required areas on the ground, one can use either a cord or a bamboo rod and follow the rules of construction of such figures discussed in chapters 1 and 2. For measurement with a bamboo rod with a hole at either end and at the middle, Āpastamba has given greater details which are considered in our notes to *Āśl. 9.1-9.3*.