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35. Madhvabhadantah sabalah samango vartulakrtih 

 sumukho' vayavasrestho jrieyo bhadra gajah sada. 



36. Sthtilakuksi simhadrk ca brhattvaggalasundakah 70 

 niadyamavayavo dhlrghakayo mandragajassmrtah. 



37. Tanukanthadantakarnasundah sthtilaksa eva hi 

 suhrasvadharamedhrastu vamano mrgasanjnakah. 



38. Esam laksmairvimilito gajo misra iti snirtah; 



bhinnam bhinnam pramanam tu trayanam api kirtitam. 75 



39. Grajamane hyangulam syat astabbista yavodaraih 

 caturvimsatyaiigulaistaib karah prokto manlsibhih; 



40. Saptahastonnatirbhadre byastahastapradirghata 

 parinaho dasakarah udarasya bhavet sada. 



35. The elephant which has honey- coloured teeth, is strong, well 



proportioned, has a globular shape, good head and 

 excellent limbs, is always known as a Bhadra. 



36. The elephant which has a huge belly, and a lion's eye, a 



thick skin, throat and trunk, middle-sized limbs, a long 

 body, is styled Mandra. 



37. The elephant which has a small neck, teeth, ears and 



trunk, a peculiarly big eye, but a very small underlip 

 and membrum, and is dwarfish, is called Mrga. 



38. The elephant which is mixed with the marks of these three, 



is called Mi&ra. It is also mentioned, that these three 

 elephants differ respectively in size. 



39. An angula (the breadth of a thumb), when applied for the 



measurement of an elephant, should consist exactly of 

 eight corns, 24 such angulas are declared by wise men 

 to be an elephantine hand. 



40. The height of a Bhadra is 7 cubits, its length 8 cubits, the 



circumference of its belly should always be 10 cubits. 



