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wallplate (u t taram) and the corresponding leng ths of ra f ters

for different aviccil (pitch), determination of the length

of the side of an octagon, the lengths of rafters using

EttampramaQam (sth_Postu la te) and NaTampramal)am (4th_poS tu 1 ate) I

various proportions of ridgeheight to semiwidth etc. are also

included in this chapter.

Chapter VI explains geometrical construction of

various plan shapes adopted in the tradi tional archi tecture

and deductions of mathematical values which are used or

implied in them. The arch i tectural val ues ass igned to the

shapes of a square, circle, vrttctyatam (elongated circle),

gajaprstl;ta (apsidal) and the methods of construction are

given in detail. The practical method of determining the

approximate length of the diagonal of a square without using

Pythagoras theorem and a very close approximation to J2 are

explained. Further, the methods of construction of a

triangle, rectangle, hexagon, octagon and circle each of

which having the same perimeter of a given square and the

method of inscribing an octagon in a given square are

included in this chapter. The method of construction of

'Sricakram', geometrical method of determination of lengths

of different types of rafters and the demarcation of lamba

and vi t'!na (vertical 1 ine and horizontal 1 ine) on them are

also explained in this chapter.

A translation of 'Manu~yalayacandrika' in English

language is given at the end of this work as an appendix.