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614 On the regions (pradeśa) of an elephant's body. 615 On the use of sharp instruments. See on this chapter: A. Krishnaswami Ayyar (1939a), (1939b). 616 On the extraction of teeth; on the different types of teeth in elephants and their development. 617 This chapter deals at the end with bathing (seka) an elephant, the cleansing of its head (śiromrakṣaṇa), and cleansing (abhyaṅga) of its teeth and eyes. 618 Compare on stables: Hastividyārṇava, pages 98–100. Six types of stables for elephants are described in a text on architecture, the Aparājitapṛcchā by Bhuvanadevācārya (NCC I, 246; see L. Gopal, 1989: 119). See also O. Stein (1938): 183–184. 619 On grasses as food for elephants. 620 Six ways of pruning and ornamenting an elephant's tusks are described. 621 On the ban of drinking water immediately after a meal, and other prohibitions. 622 On the use of sour gruel. 623 On the effects of alcoholic drinks and counterdrinks (pratipāna). 624 Myths about the origin of elephants. 625 On the purpose of administering fatty food substances, milk, honey, etc., to elephants. 626 On the attendants and their duties. 627 On threefold and other classifications. 628 On the faeces and urine of various animals as medicinal substances. 629 On the origin of garlic (laśuna) and its medicinal use. 630 On the medicinal use of salts. 631 On giving sand to elephants. 632 On must and its seven stages. 633 On the Nāga- and Tantukagrāha, and the diseases caused by them. 634 On the fabulous elephant called jalahastin and the way it has to be propitiated with gifts of food. 635 The same twelve varieties are described as in human āyurveda. 636 This chapter deals with two severe types of fever (pākala), called raudra and vaiṣṇava, which occur when Śiva and Viṣṇu are not properly honoured. 637 This chapter is concerned with the nīrājana rite, which preserves the health of elephants. Compare on the nīrājana of elephants: Arthaśāstra 2.32.21; the nīrājana of horses is mentioned at 2.30.46 and 51 (see also the notes and references in the translations of R.P. Kangle and J.J. Meyer). See on nīrājana in general, and the nīrājana (and śānti) of elephants and horses: H. Bakker (1986): 103; L.P. van den Bosch (1978): 80; J. Gonda (1965a); P.V. Kane III, 230–231, V, part I, 184, 193, 334–335, V, part II, 801–804; H. Losch (1951); J.J. Meyer (1937): s.v. Elefanten, Pferd, ārātrika, nīrājana, śānti; B.R. Modak (1974); G.R. Nandargikar (1971: notes to his edition of Kālidāsa's Raghuvamśa, 68); A.M. Shastri (1996): I, 170–172. 638 A Dīrgha is mentioned in the Mahābhārata (see Vettam Mani). 639 Gautama is also mentioned in Nīlakaṇtha's Mātaṅgalīlā and Somadeva's Yaśastilakacampū (NCC VI, 222; L. Gopal, 1989: 118; K.K. Handiqui, 454); Godāvara's Hariharacaturaṅga (1.173–174) and Umāpati's commentary on Nārada's Gajaśikṣā mention him as an authority on elephants. The Arthaśāstra refers to him as an authority on cattle breeding (NCC VI, 222). 640 See on persons called Hiraṇya: Vettam Mani.