Book Title: Mriga Pakshi Shastra Author(s): Hamsadeva, M Sundaracharya Publisher: V KrishnaswamyPage 53
________________ [7th variety of ELEPHANTS] (MANDA GAJA) These kinds of elephants are not so tall as Bhadra elephants. They are blue in colour, very stouf and robust. Their stomachs are still stouter than their bodies. Their trunks are also very stout and the end of their trupks are red. They possess lion's eyes. They are slow in walking. T'hey amuse spectators. They are always very clever. At times, they have a little anger. They remember their old training and instructions when punished. They feel uneasy to some extent when they are directed to do work. They are very fond of eating sugar-cane, plaintains, grass etc. Their rut could not be checked when they are young. They erect their penis owing to the increase of passion in their prime youth. They destroy enemies in great battle by pushing them. They carry very heavy loads when they are calm and quiet. They carry very furiously when they are angry. They are fond of hunting. They spend the whole of their youth with female elephants while in the forests. [8th variety of ELEPHANTS) (MRIGA GAJA) These kinds of elephants are very leap. They have long and lean trunks and legs. They are a little bit feable. They have big eyes, and stout tails, and they are not so beautiful as Bhadra and Manda elephants. They are fickle-minded and bad tempered ones. They have grey colour, with uniform bodies. At times they become out of senges. They shirk work and they require panislunert often. They are bad scented ones. They have more passion. They possess lesz tusks. Some times they fail in their attempts, 20Page Navigation
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