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No. 1646. 217 salahotra | Substance, country-made paper, 9 x 4 inches. Folia, 41. a page. Extent, 375 slokas. Character, Nagara. Date, ? posit, Calcutta, Government of India. Appearance, old. Prose. Lines, 7 on Place of deIncorrect. Salahotra. A Hindi translation of a treatise on the Veterinary Art. The original is ascribed to Nakula, one of the Pandava brothers. The translator was one Chetana. The Sanskrit original is supposed to be the most ancient work extant on the subject. Vide No. 1648. Beginning. sriganesaya namah || atha salahotrabhasa || doha || namo niranjanadeva gurumarttandavrahmanda | End. rogaharana anandakara sukhadayaka jagadvandya || 1 || srirama masakartika krsnapaksadvitiya tithi subha nama | cetanacandaso bhasita guruko kiya pranama || Colophon. iti sri panditacetanakrtamalahotra samapta || face: I asva cikitsakathanam | No. 1647. asvavaidyakam | Substance, English paper, 8 x 7 inches. Folia, 261. Lines, 9 on a page. Extent, 1,615 slokas. Character, Nagara. Date, SM. 1933. Place of deposit, Calcutta, Government of India. Appearance, new. Verse. Incorrect. Asva-vaidyaka. A treatise on the Veterinary Art. By Jayadatta, son of Vijayadatta. Though professing to be an epitome, this is an elaborate work, treating, in considerable detail, of all the topics connected with the subject. It is divided into 68 sections. Contents: I. Introduction. II. Names and descriptions of the different parts of a horse's body. III. Characteristics of those parts. IV to VI. Effects of particular whirls of hair and marks on the body of a horse.. VII. Motion of horses. VIII. Power and endurance of horses. IX. The voice of horses. X. Marks indicating defects. XI. Causes, other than disease, leading to weeping, refusal of food, &c. XII. Effects of particular XIV. Size. XV. Span shadows. XIII. Ditto of smell of the body. of life. XVI. Marks on the teeth indicating age, XVII. Ten stages in the life of a horse and its characteristics. XVIII. Mode of ascertaining the race of horses. XIX. Rules regarding riding. XX. Barren mares how to be made fruitful. XXI. Characteristics of a pregnant 2 F