Geographical and Economic Studies in the Mahabharata: Upayana Parva c6.33

Geographical and Economic Studies in the Mahābhārata: Upāyana Parva c6.33

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c6.33

Another distinguishing feature of the Kamboja country is its horses. In the *Sabhāparva* (II, 45, 20; 47, 4) the Kamboja horses are mentioned. The horses which the people of Kamboja brought as presentation to Yudhiṣṭhira (M.B. II, 47, 4) numbered three hundred, they were varigated, spotted or speckled with black (*kalmāṣaiḥ*) or of Tittira breed (Tittira is the name of a country as well, M.B., VI, 2084, 3975) which were fattened on the fruits of Salvadora Persica (*pīlu*) and the nuts of Terminala Catappa (*Ingudaiḥ*). Their snouts are compared with the parrot’s beak (*śukanāsikaiḥ*).

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Mahābhārata — Sanskrit
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