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Kautilya's Arthashastra 2.30.18

Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 2.30.18

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Sanskrit

2.30.18

uttamāśvasya dvidroṇaṃ śālivrīhiyavapriyaṅgūṇām ardhaśuṣkam ardhasiddhaṃ vā mudgamāṣāṇāṃ vā pulākaḥ snehaprasthaś ca, pañcapalaṃ lavaṇasya, māṃsaṃ pañcāśatpalikaṃ rasasyāḍhakaṃ dviguṇaṃ vā dadhnaḥ piṇḍakledanārtham, kṣārapañcapalikaḥ surāyāḥ prasthaḥ payaso vā dviguṇaḥ pratipānam //

For the best horse (the diet shall be) 2 dronas of any one of the grains, rice (sáli, vríhi,) barley, panic seeds (priyangu) soaked or cooked, cooked mudga (Phraseolus Munga) or másha (Phraseolus Radiatus); one prastha of oil, 5 palas of salt, 50 palas of flesh, 1 ádhaka of broth (rasa) or 2 ádhakas of curd, 5 palas of sugar (kshára), to make their diet relishing, 1 prastha of súrá, liquor, or 2 prasthas of milk.

R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

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