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THE ARMY ORGANISATION 



52. Nicordhvatiryanmukhatah phalabhedo bhavet tayoh 

 sankhacakragadapadmavedisvastikasamiibhah ; 



53. Prasadatoranadbanussupiirnakalasakrtili 

 svastikasranmlnakbadgasrivatsabhali subho bhramah. 



54. Nasikagre lalate ca saiikbe kantheca mastake 

 avarto jay ate yesam te dhanyasturagottamah. 



55. Hrdi skandhe gale caiva katidese tathaiva ca 



nabhan kuksau ca parsvagre madhyamali samprakirtitah. 



56. Lalate yasya cavartadvitayasya samudbhavah 

 mastake ca trtiyasya purnaharso'yam uttamab. 



57. Prstbavamse yadavarto yasyaikah samprajayate 

 sakarotyasvasangbatan svaminah suryasanjnakab. 



58. Trayo yasya lalatastba avartastiryaguttarah 

 trikutab sa parijneyo vaji vrddhikarah sada. 



52. There will be a difference in efficiency according as its 



mouth is low, high or oblique. If the feather is like a 

 shell, wheel, club, lotus, altar, portico ; 



53. like an upper story, arch, bow, well-filled pitcher, like a 



triangle, chaplet, fish, sword, a mole on the breast, it 

 is a lucky feather. 



54. The horses on whose tip of the nose, forehead, temple, 



throat or skull exists a feather, are the best. 



55. Those horses are regarded as middling, which have it on 



the heart, shoulder, neck, likewise on the hips, on the 

 navel, belly and foreribs. 



56. That horse is the best Purnaharsa (fulljoy) on whose temple 



rises a double feather, and on whose skull rises a third. 



57. That horse on whose backbone rises one feather, is called 



Surya (sun) and procures to his master masses of 

 horses. 



58. That horse on whose forehead stand three oblique feathers, 



is called Trikiita (threepeaked) and it gives always pros- 

 perity to its master. 



