Studies in Ancient Hindu Polity (Based on the Arthashastra of Kautilya), Vol. I c8.s2.10

Studies in Ancient Hindu Polity (Based on the Arthaśāstra of Kauṭilya), Vol. I c8.s2.10

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c8.s2.10

¹ Bhaṭṭasvâmi has explained मारदकर्म as the process by which elephants unfit for work owing to excessive fatness or leanness, or other defects, were rendered useful. The word मारद also occurs in the हस्त्यायुर्वेद of पालकाप्यमुनि, p. 49, to denote elephants that were weak, naturally, or through some disease or effect of medicines:

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Hastyāyurveda — Pālakāpya, Sanskrit