The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t7: Chapter 9: Construction of a Rectilinear Śyenacit—Second Type
The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t7
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Chapter 9: Construction of a Rectilinear Śyenacit—Second Type
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**9.2.** In this type of the fire-altar, square and rectangular bricks of the following types are used. B₁ — one-fifth (*pañcamī*) brick .. 24 × 24 sq. *aṅgulas*. B₂ — one-fifth with half (*adhyardhā-pañcamī*) brick 36 × 24 sq. *aṅgulas*. B₃ — half of one-fifth (*ardhyā*) .. 24 × 12 sq. *aṅgulas*. B₄ — quarter of one fifth (*pādyā*) .. 12 × 12 sq. *aṅgulas*.
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**9.3-9.6.** *Placement of bricks in the first layer.* The placement is very clearly explained in the *sūtras* themselves and is shown in Fig. 35. How B₃s are placed turned towards
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Fig. 35. Arrangement of bricks in the first layer.
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north (*udīcīḥ*) on the western and eastern side of the wings and at the end of the tail, and towards east (*prācīm*) at the two corners of the tail where it joins with the body, should be noticed. Regarding the number and types of bricks used in the different parts of the fire-altar, D. comments as follows: *tatra pakṣayordvisaptatiḥ* | *aṣṭāviṃśatiḥ pucche* | *ātmani śatam* | *asminprastāre ṣaṣṭiḥ śataṃ pañcamyaḥ* | *aṣṭāvadhyardhāḥ* | *triṃśadardhyāḥ* | *dve pādeṣṭake* | (Table 3.).
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TABLE 3. *Bricks in the first layer
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| Parts of the *citi* | Brick type | | | | Total |
| | B₁ | B₂ | B₃ | B₄ | |
| Body | 100 | | | | 100 |
| Wings | 48 | | 24 | | 72 |
| Tail | 12 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 28 |
| Total | 160 | 8 | 30 | 2 | 200 |
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**9.7-9.10.** *Placement of bricks in the second layer.* Here, after placing 1 B₄ at each of the four corners of the body, 2 B₃s are on either side of each B₄. With 5 B₃s in the middle
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Fig. 36. Arrangement of bricks in the second layer.
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of the eastern side, their total number on the eastern side is actually 9. The alternate arrangement of 3 B₂s and 2 B₃s at the end of the wing is shown in the Fig.36. The number and types of bricks used in covering the second layer are shown in Table 4 and agree with D's commentary : *asminprastāre pañcaṣaṣṭiḥ śataṃ pañcamyaḥ* | *ṣaḍadhyardhāḥ* | *pañcaviṃśatirardhāḥ* | *catasraḥ pādyāḥ* |
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TABLE 4 . *Bricks in the second layer.
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| Parts of the *citi* | Brick type | | | | Total |
| | B₁ | B₂ | B₃ | B₄ | |
| Body, excluding junction layers | 81 | | 21 | 4 | 106 |
| Wings, including junction layers | 54 | 6 | 4 | | 64 |
| Tail, including junction layer | 30 | | | | 30 |
| Total | 165 | 6 | 25 | 4 | 200 |