A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c47.23

v3.c47.23

The subjects dealt with in the gajaśāstrānubandha102 are: the praise of the force of elephants, capturing wild elephants,103 the determination of their age, the female elephant and its pregnancy,104 the gandhahastin,105 the care for and training of elephants after capturing them,106 the mounting of elephants, must, the twelve regions (kṣetra) of an elephant’s body,107 the price of elephants, the pruning of their tusks,108 the treatment of diseases, the care for young elephants, the types of elephants called bhadra, manda and mṛga, rules for the administration of medicines, the properties of articles of food and medicinal substances, the treatment of various disorders, clysters, errhines, the administration of medicines to elephants of various ages, and the construction of stables.109