[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c4.1310 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.1310 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.1310 - **Language:** English ### [c4.1310](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1310) The signs of good elephants and the treatment to be accorded to sick ones are detailed in Agni Purāṇa. “Elephants with long trunks and heavy breathing belong to the top class and they will possess great endurance power. Those who have nails eighteen or twenty in number and who became turbulent during winter belong to a superior class. Those ones whose right tusks are a bit raised, whose cry is stentorian as that of thunder whose ears are very big and whose skins are spotted are the best of the species. Other varieties especially the dwarfish type and she-elephants in the early stage of pregnancy are not good and not fit to be tamed. Elephants who have Varṇa, Sattva, Bala, Rūpa, Kānti, Śarīraguṇa and Vega will conquer enemies in a battle; there is no doubt about it. Elephants are an ornament for any battle-array. The victory earned by a King with his elephants is more respected. - [Previous: c4.1309](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1309) - [Next: c4.1311](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1311) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4) ## Cites (1) - [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1310](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1310) · Pramāṇa