A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c62.226

v4.c62.226

443 These breeds are classified under the catagories uttara, madhyama, kaniyas and nica on the one hand, under the catagories jala ja = brāhmaṇa, vahnija = kṣatriya, samīraja = vaiśya and ulūkamrgaja = śūdra on the other. Nakula's Aśvaśāstra deals in a different way and more elaborately with the breeds in its kulalakṣaṇādhyāya; it describes the categories brāhmaṇa, etc., in the vāhanaśikṣādhyāya.