OF THE ANCIENT HINDUS. 



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105. Vrsasyastau sita dantah caturthe'bde'khilah smrtah, 

 dvavantyau patitotpannau panoame'bde hi tasya vai. 



106. Sasthe tupantyau bhavatah saptame tatsamipagau, 

 astame patitotpannau madhyamau dasanau khalu. 



107. Krsnapitasitaraktasankhacchayau dvike dvike 

 kramat hi dve ca bhavatah calanam patanam tatah. 



108. Ustrasyoktaprakarena vayojnanam tu va bhavet. 



109. Prerakakarsakamukho'nkuso gajavinigrahe 

 hastipakairgajastena vineyassugamaya hi. 



110. Khalinasyordhvakhandau dvau parsvagau dvadasangu- 



lau 



tatparsvantargatabhyam tu sudrdhabhyam tathaiva ca,. 



105. Eight complete white teeth are mentioned as existing in Teeth of a- 



the fourth year of the bull, in its fifth year two molars ^ u11 " 

 fall out and rise again ; 



106. in the sixth year the two next to the molars, in the seventh 



the two next ones, in the eighth year the two middle 

 biters fall and come again. 



107. Every second year they get by degrees black, yellow, white, 



red and shell-coloured. Each pair becomes gradually 

 loose and falls out. 144 



108. The knowledge of the age of a camel may be likewise Age of a 



reckoned according to the above-mentioned rule. 



109. For training an elephant a hook is used by the elephant- Elephant- 



drivers, which has one point for driving on and another tramm g- 

 for drawing back ; by this hook the elephant is guided 

 to go well. 



110. The two upwards and sideways pointing parts of a bridle- Bridle, 



bit are respectively on the whole twelve angulas long, 

 with two inside but very strong pieces, 



144 Black in the 9th and 10th year, yellow in the 11th and 12th, white in the 

 13th and 14th, red in the 15th and 16th, shell-coloured in the 17th and 18th, 

 in the 19th the end teeth get loose, in the 20th the end teeth fall out an& 

 the last but one become loose, &c. &e. 



