A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c47.11

v3.c47.11

The second chapter on horses is concerned with horses coming from various regions (1–140), auspicious marks again (141–145), topics relating to the mounting of a horse and its training (146–169ab), the regional divisions (kṣetra, daśā) of the body of a horse (169cd-178ab), and the deities presiding over the different parts of the body of a horse (178cd-186ab). The remaining part of the chapter is about chariots (192–197), bullocks (198–226ab), cows (226cd–239),39 and the treatment of some diseases in the animals mentioned (240–253ab).