A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c47.77

v3.c47.77

The subjects are: introduction,⁴⁵¹ the praise of horses, a hymn of praise (stotra) to Raivata,⁴⁵² the mythical story telling how horses lost their wings,⁴⁵³ anatomy (pradeśādhyaya),⁴⁵⁴ auspicious and inauspicious characteristics (aṅgalakṣaṇa),⁴⁵⁵ the eight types of characteristics of horses (aśvalakṣaṇa),⁴⁵⁶ the regional divisions (daśā, kṣetra) of their body, the whirls of hair (āvarta),⁴⁵⁷ horses of mixed colours,⁴⁵⁸ the puṇḍras,⁴⁵⁹ the puṣpas,⁴⁶⁰ the neighing (heṣita) of horses, their smell,⁴⁶¹ sheen,⁴⁶² gait (gati)⁴⁶³ and character (sattva),⁴⁶⁴ the main defects (mahādoṣa), the colour of the palate (tāluraṅga) in newborn colts, the various breeds (kula) of horses,⁴⁶⁵ the determination of the age of horses by means of their teeth (vayojñāna),⁴⁶⁶ the names and descriptions of horses with uniform or mixed colours,⁴⁶⁷ horses suitable to particular riders and especially to the king,⁴⁶⁸ the span of life (āyurlakṣaṇa), portents (utpāta) in connection with horses, the training of horses (vahanaśikṣā),⁴⁶⁹ the trot (dhārā) of horses, and rules for riding (āroha).⁴⁷⁰