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| | R.gvedic horse has 34 ribs, a breed distinct from the Arabian equus caballus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) |
 | | "Nakula, the reputed author of As'vas'a_stra or the Science of horses, says that the horses are the mean sof attaining Dharma and Artha (As'vas'a_stra--Va_jipras'am.sa_dhya_ya 9)...Horses are the very life and soul of battle. |
 | | Nakula defines a_varta as a circular hairy formation on the body of the horse. |
 | | S'ukra mentions those horses as good which put their feet by raising them high and those horses which have the bearing of elephant, tiger, peacock, swan, tittira, pigeon, deer, camel, monkey and the bull. |
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