The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t6.9
The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t6.9
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c8.t6.9
The body is a square of 4 sq. *pu.*, that is, of side 2 *pu.* or 240 *aṅg.* At the middle of its southern and northern side, a rectangle each, measuring 144 *aṅgulas* × 120 *aṅgulas*, with the longer side drawn south-north, is set up; this will represent the south and the north wing. A rectangle of 132 *aṅgulas* × 120 *aṅgulas*, with the longer side towards east-west, attached to the middle of the western side of the body, is the tail (Fig. 33). The area of the altar is :