Mansollas Satik Part 02

SR No.: 034205
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Bhulakmalla Someshwar, G K Shrigonderkar
Publisher: Oriental Institute
Publication Year: 1919
Total Pages: 378
Language: Sanskrit
Classification: Book_Devnagari
File Size: 14 MB

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By the use of a (nourishing) medicines the elephant attains seven kinds of Sobhas, named here as सञ्जातरुधिरा, प्रतिच्छन्ना, पक्षलेपिनी, वरिष्टाद्युत्, समकल्पा, व्यतिकीर्णिका and द्रोणिका.
Then he describes the twelve stages of anger (Madāvasthās), five of which are internal and seven external. The elephants with the help of medicines should attain only the first five (external) stages of anger. Medicines should not be used so as to lead them to the sixth or the seventh stage because in these stages the madness may lead the elephant to fatal results. Mad elephants should always be kept in readiness for sports. The audience present should be animated by, the sounds of musical instruments like वीरसूड, ढक्का and जयघण्टा. The fans (servants) of the elephants should, surrounding the elephant, make war-cries and thus animate the warriors. Having heard these animating sounds the king should present the keepers of the elephants with elegant raiments. Medicines should be given to the elephants for making them excited. The Manda elephants should be kept in the sun, the Bhadra in the shade and the sun and the Mrga in the shade. On the day of the sports no food or water should be given to the elephants. Oil should be applied to their hips and loins and red lead to their heads and trunks. There should be a Tilak mark in the forehead (below the frontal sinews) in the middle, more or less on the same lines as we meet with even to-day in the Madras Presidency. They should then be tied to the posts at a distance from each other.
Here the author gives the measurements of the arena i. e. Vāhyālī1 (which is known now at Baroda as Aggaḍ2). The space required for the Vāhyāli should be one hundred Dhanus i. e. four-hundred cubits in length and sixty Dhanus or two hundred and forty cubits in breadth. The ground must be smooth and somewhat raised to the north. One strong house inside the Aggad may be prepared with a ditch around and a staircase leading to the top in order to have a view of the sports from an elevated seat at the top of the house. Another house should be constructed outside the ditch but it must have a ditch around it. There should be two raised seats with network and ditches, one in the south and the other in the north. These should be as high as the chest of an elephant. When the Vāhyālī is furnished thus the king should be informed of the arrangements by the chamberlain. Thereupon the king after finishing his worship, should issue a proclamation in the city with the help of drummers that men who
1. This word occurs in बाण's कादम्बरी in connection with चंद्रापीड's education. 2. The Aggad in Baroda is almost of the same area as the one mentioned here. It is 468' x 218'.
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