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41. Pramanam mandramrgayoriiastakmain kramat atab so 

 kathitam dairghyasamyam tu munibhirbhadraman- 



drayoh. 



42. Brhadbhrugandaplialastu dhrtasirsagatik sada 

 gajah sresthastu sarvesam subhalaksanasamyutab. 



43. Pancayavangulenaiva vajimanam prthak smrtam, 

 catvarimsangulamukho vaji yascottamottamah. 85 



44. Sattrimsadangulamukho hyuttamab parikirtitah 

 dvatriihsadangulamiikho madhyamah sa udahrtali. 



45. Astaviiiisatyaiigiilo yo mulihe nicali praklrtitah ; 

 vajinain mukhamauena sarvavayavakalpana. 



46. Auccam tu raiikhamanena trigunam parikirtitam. tj$ 



41. The size of a Mandra and Mrga is respectively one cubit 



less ; though the length of a Mandra and Mrga is by 

 sages declared to be the same. 



42. The best of all elephants is surely that, which has large 



brows, cheek and forehead, bears always its head firmly, 

 and is endowed with auspicious marks. 



43. By an angula of only five barley grains is the equine Horse. 



measure separately recorded. A horse whose head is 

 40 angulas (long) is regarded as the very best. 



44. A horse whose head is 36 angulas long is surely considered 



a very fair one ; a horse whose head is 32 angulas 

 long is declared to be a middling one. 



45. A horse whose head is 28 angolas long is regarded as an 



inferior one. The proportion of all the limbs of a horse 

 is measured by the length of the head. 



46. The height is declared to be three times the length of the 



head. 



