1875.] G. Thibaut— On the S'ulvasiltras. 269 



these two rows requires 17 X 8 = 136 brihati bricks. Now, summing 

 up all bricks employed we get (1) 136 brihatyas (2) 16 ardhyas (3) twelve 

 bricks in the two triangles on the north and south side together. Sum : 

 161 bricks. 



But we want, according to the general rule, 200 bricks, and therefore 

 the following sutra. 



Finally the number is to be made full with ardhya-bricks. 



That means : thirty-six brihatyas are taken out, and seventy-two 

 ardhyas put in their places. The sketch of the layer in question shows 

 where this had to be done. 



So far the rules for the s'mas'anachiti resemble those for the other 

 chitis, but the following siitras refer to an interesting peculiarity. I give 

 at first a passage from a previous part of Baudhayana's Kalpasutra, quoted 

 by the commentator. 



xr^Tri I ^ ^q s^«:T^rf^f?q(S"€T«fi^rT^^f?r I 



When its measure is such as to reach up to the neck on the east side, 

 it reaches up to the navel on the west side ; when it reaches up to the navel 

 on the east side, it reaches up to the knee on the west side ; when it reaches 

 up to the knee on the east side, it reaches up to the ankle on the west side ; 

 when it reaches up to the ankle on the east side, it is on a level with the 

 ground on the west side. Such is the s'mas'anachiti of him who desires the 

 world of the fathers. 



"We see from these words that, contrary to the general rule which pre- 

 scribed a perfectly horizontal surface for the chitis, the s'mas'anachit had 

 to be higher at its east end than at its west end. The commentator adds : 

 hastiprishthavach chinviteti : the chiti is to be constructed so as to resemble 

 the back of an elephant which is sloping down towards a person viewing 

 the animal from behind. This peculiar shape of the s'mas'anachiti required 

 consequently a set of rules for preserving, notwithstanding the different 

 height, the same cubic content of the whole mass of bricks. 



^3r^swr!HT?f: q^"^T ^^\ l 



The height of the agni is to be increased by one fifth. 



The height of the agni, when constructed for the first time and in five 

 layers, is — as mentioned above — one janu = 32 aiigulis ; when constructed 

 for the second time and in ten layers, it is the double, and it is three times 

 as much when, in the third construction, the number of layers amounts to 

 fifteen. A fifth of the usual height has to be added to the height of the 

 s'mas'anachiti. 



