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The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t8.39

The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t8.39

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c8.t8.39

row are replaced by 16 B₂s. Likewise, 8 B₁s in rows 10 and 11 are substituted by 16 B₂s. The final arrangement of bricks in the different parts of the fire-altar is shown in Table 6, in agreement with D's commentary ; *evaṃ pucche dvātriṃśadiṣṭakāḥ | aṣṭapañcāśadātmaśirasoḥ | pakṣayordaśaśatam | asminprastāre’ṣṭaṣaṣṭiścaturthyaḥ | ardheṣṭakāḥ | saptatiḥ | ṣaṭpañcāśatpādeṣṭakāḥ | haṃsamukhyaḥ ṣaṭ* | Note that the number of bricks in the head and the body has not been separately stated.