A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c47.145

v3.c47.145

Someśvara distinguishes sixty-five breeds of horses, of which thirty-nine are mentioned by name; the names of the remaining twenty-six types are not given because they are said to have become unknown in the Kaliyuga (4.669–675).805 The āvartas (whirls of hair) are the same as in Nakula’s Aśvaśāstra (4.676–678), apart from three special ones.806 Horses of more than one colour are said to be of sixteen types (4.684–701).807 The character types (sattva) of horses differ somewhat from those in the works of Jayadatta and Nakula (4.702–703).808 Three varieties of sheen (chāyā) are distinguished (4.704–705).809 Someśvara describes the line of treatment for some diseases which are peculiar to horses: subhikṣāvarta (2.581),810 siṃhāṇaka (2.579),811 rasājīrṇa (2.603),812 and cālī (2.608–609).813