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X KÂNDA, 4 ADHYAYA, 3 BRÂHMANA, 19. 359
fourteen valakhilyas——these seventy-one are (in) the third layer.
17. Then the fourth (layer):—first eighteen, then twelve, then seventeen-these forty-seven are (in) the fourth layer.
18. Then the fifth (layer) :-five asapatnâs," forty virâgs, twenty-nine stomabhågås, five nâkasads, five pañkakûdâs, thirty-one khandasyâs, eight (of) the Gârhapatya hearth, eight (of) the Punaskiti, two seasonal ones, a visvagyotis, a vikarni, a naturallyperforated one, the variegated stone, the fire which is placed on the altar—these one hundred and thirty-eight are (in) the fifth layer.
19. All these make three hundred and ninety-five. Of these, three hundred and sixty, supplying the place of days, are made the (means of) gaining the days, they are the counterpart of the days: There are three hundred and sixty of them, for there are three hundred and sixty days in the year. And for the thirty-six (additional days) which there are 1 the filling of earth (counts as) the thirty-sixth; and twenty-four thereof, supplying the place of halfmoons, are made the (means of) gaining the halfmoons, they are the counterpart of the half-moons. And the (remaining) twelve, supplying the place of months, are made the (means of) gaining the months, they are the counterpart of the months. And, lest the seasons should be wanting, these (twelve bricks), by two and two (taken) together, supply the place of seasons.
1 Namely, in an intercalary month. The layers of loose soil have to be counted in for the reason that only 35 yagushmatis remain after taking away the 360.
