268 Gr. Thibaut — On the S'ulvasutras. [No. 3, 



turned towards the west, that of two towards the east. Two of these five 

 triangles are meant in the sutra (only two come really into question, as we 

 shall see further on). By "lengthways" a modification of the triangle is 

 to be understood ; the meaning is a triangle of six parts' height. (And this 

 triangle is to be got in the following way) . On the south side of the agni 

 a line is to be drawn through the middle of the triangle situated there, the 

 top of which is turned towards the west ; this line reaches from the middle 

 of the base the measure of which is one part to the top of the triangle. In 

 the same way the triangle on the north side of the agni is to be divided. 



The result is the two long rectangular triangles on the north and 

 south sides of the second layer of the s'mas'anachiti. 



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This triangle is divided into six parts. 



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The diagram of the second layer, in which the two triangles are divided 

 in the manner described above, renders a translation of the commentator's 

 words unnecessary. 



These two (large triangles, divided into six parts each) are to be placed 

 on both sides (of the second layer). 



In the following sutras those bricks are described which fill the space 

 between the two triangles. 



Bricks are to be made as long as the third part (of the side of one of 

 the fifteen squares which compose the agnikshetra), and as broad as the 

 fourth part. 



And other bricks equal to one half of the bricks of the first class, pro- 

 duced by dividing the latter by a horizontal line. 



Having put bricks of the second class on the east and west end of the 

 agni, the remaining space is to be covered with the large bricks of the first 

 description. 



Covering the agni as directed, we place at first eight ardhya bricks on 

 the east end and eight on the west end. The space left empty between 



