Matsya Purana 207.8

207.8

ṣaḍunnatā supārśvoruḥ pṛthupañcasamāyatā.
aṣṭāyataśirogrīvā yā rājan! sā sulakṣaṇā .. 207.8 ..

Matsya said —'King! first of all the cow is to be examined, there should be a cow of gentle temper free from ailment and disease, strong of nice colour, having beautiful hoofs and horns, well built, of middle height, giving good milk having curls on the body (especially curls turning to the left on the right side and turning to the right on the left side having all the lucky signs, with extensive thighs, red lips neck and tongue, with eyes clear and beautiful (not red or having many hair) and hoofs large, having eyes of the lustre of Vaidûrya, with lovely eye corners, having seven and seven teeth and bright palate with lovely sides and thighs with six parts elevated, five parts level and eight parts capacious and wide A cow having these qualifications is said to have auspicious signs"—2 8