Arthashastra

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हस्त्य् आयाम द्वि गुण उत्सेध विष्कम्भ आयामां हस्तिनी स्थान अधिकां सप्रग्रीवां कुमारी संग्रहां प्रान् मुखीम् उदन् मुखीं वा शालां निवेशयेत् ॥

There shall be constructed an elephant stable twice as broad and twice as high as the length (áyáma) of an elephant, with separate apartments for female elephants, with projected entrance (sapragrívám), with posts called kumári, and with its door facing either the east or the north.

english translation

hasty AyAma dvi guNa utsedha viSkambha AyAmAM hastinI sthAna adhikAM sapragrIvAM kumArI saMgrahAM prAn mukhIm udan mukhIM vA zAlAM nivezayet ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript