Studies in Ancient Hindu Polity (Based on the Arthashastra of Kautilya), Vol. I c7.s3.t4.3

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(ii) नीचैर्गत (slow movement with the head and ears kept erect):—(a) प्रकीर्णक (a combination of the movements mentioned above); (b) प्रकीर्णतर (same as the previous, but with one kind of movement kept prominent); (c) निषध (a movement in which the hinder part of the body is kept steady); (d) पार्श्वाणुगत (movement sideways); (e) ऊर्मिमागं (movement up and down like a wave); (f) मृगक्रीडित (playing like a मृग, a kind of deer); (g) मृगप्लुत (leaping like a मृग); (h) चिताज (a movement using only three legs); (i) वामानुवृत्त (moving right and left); (j) पञ्चपादि (movement by using two and three legs alternately); (k) सिंहावत (pacing like a lion); (l) लाघुत (long strides); (m) ऋजु (moving straight without a rider); (n) नमित (moving with the forepart of the body bent); (o) नृत्त (moving with the hinder part of the body bent); (p) पुलामिकीर्ण (zig-zag motion).