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[ 22 ] The Śulva-sūtras give directions for construction of the fire Altars, the Vedis and the Citis etc. From the root ciñ cayane, to collect —— are derived, the three most important terms :— a. Citi—Sacrificial altars, for gathering the holy fire agnicayana, agnyādhāna. b. Citā—The funeral pyre for the cremation of dead bodies. c. Caitya—Monuments enclosing post-cremation human remains, sacred relics—the Buddhadhātu, etc. in these cases it can be proved that these works are indeed so interconnected that, to a certain extent, they can be regarded as the four volumes of a uniform work. It is possible that Baudhāyana and Āpastamba were actually the authors of complete Kalpasūtras comprising all the four kinds of texts. But even if they were not the actual authors, at all events, the Śrauta, Gṛhya, Dharma and Śulvasūtras of Baudhāyana and Āpastamba schools are works composed on a uniform plan, of these two schools* of the Yajurveda.… * The Baudhāyana-Śulvasūtra has been edited and translated by G. Thibaut in the "Pandit", Vols. IXff ; the Āpastambīya-Śulvasūtra ed. and translated into German by Albert Bürk. ZDMG., Vols. 55, 56, 1901—2.*” P. 278. "The Śrauta, Gṛhya and Śulvasūtras of the Mānava school*, and the Kāṭhaka-Gṛhyasūtra, which is related to the Mānava-Gṛhyasūtra, come under the Maitrayaṇī-saṃhitā... * The Mānava-Śrautasūtra is perhaps the oldest Śrautasūtra. Garbe has shown that it is certainly older than Āpastamba who refers to it. P. 278-79. "To the White Yajurveda belong : a Kātyāyana-Śrauta sūtra, a Pāraskara Gṛhyasūtra and a Kātyāyana-Śulva-sūtra.* * A Pariśiṣṭa to this (Kātīyam Śulvapariśiṣṭam)—ed. by G. Thibaut in "Pandit", N. S., Vol. 4.*” P. 271. "Ritual (Kalpa), which constitutes the chief contents of the Brāhmaṇas, is...the first Vedāṅga to receive systematic treatment in special manuals, the so-called Kalpasūtras. They arose out of the need for compiling the rules for the sacrificial ritual in a shorter, more manageable and connected form for the practical purposes of the priests." P. 275. "The Śulvasūtras, which are directly attached to the Śrauta- sūtras, should be mentioned in connection with these Kalpasūtras. They