Arthashastra

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दश रात्राद् ऊर्ध्वं किशोरस्य घृत चतुर् भागः सक्तु कुडुबः क्षीर प्रस्थश् च आहार आ षण् मासात् ॥

A colt, ten days old, shall be given a kudumba of flour mixed with ¼th kudumba of clarified butter, and 1 prastha of milk till it becomes six months old.

english translation

daza rAtrAd UrdhvaM kizorasya ghRta catur bhAgaH saktu kuDubaH kSIra prasthaz ca AhAra A SaN mAsAt ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

ततः परं मास उत्तरम् अर्ध वृद्धिर् यव प्रस्थ आ त्रि वर्षात्, द्रोण आ चतुर् वर्षात् ॥

then the above rations shall be increased half as much during each succeeding month, with the addition of 1 prastha of barley till it becomes three years old, then one drona of barley till it grows four years old.

english translation

tataH paraM mAsa uttaram ardha vRddhir yava prastha A tri varSAt, droNa A catur varSAt ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

अत ऊर्ध्वं चतुर् वर्षः पञ्च वर्षो वा कर्मण्यः पूर्ण प्रमाणः ॥

at the age of four or five, it attains its full development and becomes serviceable.

english translation

ata UrdhvaM catur varSaH paJca varSo vA karmaNyaH pUrNa pramANaH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

द्वात्रिंशद् अङ्गुलं मुखम् उत्तम अश्वस्य, पञ्च मुखान्य् आयामो, विंशत्य् अङ्गुला जङ्घा, चतुर् जङ्घ उत्सेधः ॥

The face (mukha) of the best horse measures 32 angulas; its length is 5 times its face; its shank is 20 angulas; and its height is 4 times its shank.

english translation

dvAtriMzad aGgulaM mukham uttama azvasya, paJca mukhAny AyAmo, viMzaty aGgulA jaGghA, catur jaGgha utsedhaH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

त्र्य् अङ्गुल अवरं मध्यम वरयोः ॥

Horses of medium and lower sizes fall short of the above measurement by two and three angulas respectively.

english translation

try aGgula avaraM madhyama varayoH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript