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THE SANSKRIT MANUSCRIPTS. Complete in eight Adhyayas dealing with the following topics: 1. asvapariksa . 2. varnapariksa . 3. pundrapuspagandhadivarnanam . 4. subhasubhavartavicarah . 5. hayavayojnanam . 6. rekhayurjnanadivarnanam . 7. asvaposanavidhih . 8. marmavibhagah . 8967 A treatise on the different breeds of horses and their characteristics with hints for finding out, the good specimens among them, the duration of their lives, the marks on their bodies, their vital parts, etc., and for feeding them, etc. The work is attributed to Salihotra. Reference is also made to a big treatise on this subject by Simhadatta. A Telugu rendering is added. The name of the Telugu translator is not given, but he gives introductory and concluding stanzas in Sanskrit. Date of transcription: Friday, the 7 th day of the bright fortnight of the Sravana month in the year Svabhanu. Beginning : srihayagrivaya namascandrikakantakantaye | upasakajanajnanatamisrasaptasaptaye || suklambaradharam visnum sasivarnam caturbhujam | prasannavadanam dhyayetsarvavighnopasantaye || abhangurakaladanasthulalaksatvami | tungaya mahase tasmai turangaya mukhe namah || arabhyasmadgurubhyastam dhyatvacarya paramparam | asvalaksanasastram tadvyakaromyandhrabhasaya || pustakantaradaurlabhyadvisodhyedam yathamati | kriyate'dyasvasastrasya tika pratipadatmika || * salihotra maham vande vedavedangaparagam | asvasastrarthatatvajnam sivadhyanaparayanam || asvasastrasamudram tam simhadattena bhasitam | vaksyami laksanam krtsnamasvanam ca visesatah || * # * adau brahmana anandasrujatastu turaga mukhat | tasmadvasamudbhuta iti khyatastathabhavan || brahmano nabhijataste tacaivamisambhavah |