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78 The eight major forests and the elephants found there are also described in the Hariharacaturaṅga, the Mānasollāsa, and the Nitinirṇiti, a commentary on the Arthaśāstra by Yogghama, alias Mugdhavilāsa (see the quotation in a footnote of Kangle’s edition of the Arthaśāstra, ad 2.2.15–16). The Arthaśāstra (2.2.15–16) merely lists the names of the forests. The Mānasollāsa differs somewhat in its details. See on these forests: S.S. Misra (1982): 216–217; Th.R. Trautmann (1982): 273–278. See also: P.E.P. Deraniyagala (1938): 161–162. Compare Nārāyaṇa Dīkṣita’s Gajagrahaṇaprakāra, chapter 3.