A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c47.72

v3.c47.72

The subjects of the other chapters are: the breeds (jāti) of horses, 443 and a number of behavioural characteristics considered to be auspicious or inauspicious (2), the colours of horses (varṇa; 3), 444 the whirls of hair (āvarta; 4), 445 the development of a horse’s teeth (dantodbheda; 5), the measures of the limbs (sarvāvayavapramāṇa; 6), the speed of horses (vega; 7), rules for riding (ārohaṇa; 8), the utility of horses for different purposes and related subjects (vāhana; 9), pathophysiology (dhātuparīkṣā; 10), 446 the regimen during the seasons (ṛtucaryā), bloodletting (11), 447 errhines (nasya; 12), poultices (piṇḍa; 13), medicated ghees (ghṛta; 14), decoctions (kvātha; 15), toxicology (viṣa; 16), and the construction of stables (aśvaśālā, hayāgāra; 18). 448