Arthashastra

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अश्व विभवेन आयताम् अश्वायाम् अद्वि गुण विस्तारां चतुर् द्वार उपावर्तन मध्यां स प्रग्रीवां प्रद्वार आसन फलक युक्तानां वानर मयूर पृषत नकुल चकोर शुक सारिक आकीर्णां शालां निवेशयेत् ॥

The superintendent shall have a stable constructed as spacious as required by the number of horses to be kept therein twice as broad as the length of a horse, with four doors facing the four quarters, with its central floor suited for the rolling of horses, with projected front provided with wooden seats at the entrance, and containing monkeys, peacocks, red spotted deer (prishata), mangoose, partridges (chakora), parrots, and maina birds (sárika).

english translation

azva vibhavena AyatAm azvAyAm advi guNa vistArAM catur dvAra upAvartana madhyAM sa pragrIvAM pradvAra Asana phalaka yuktAnAM vAnara mayUra pRSata nakula cakora zuka sArika AkIrNAM zAlAM nivezayet ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript