TY  - BOOK
AU  - Edgerton, Franklin
TI  - The elephant-lore of the Hindus: The elephant sport (matanga lilla )of Nilakantha
SN  - 8120800052
U1  - 294.5 
PY  - 1931///
CY  - Delhi : 
PB  - Motilal Banarsidass
N1  - Preface : Description op Sources
1. Tiie Matanga-lila
2. The Hastyayurveda
3. The Tanjore manuscript
4. Other Sanskrit sources
5. Modern works on the elephant
6. Zimmer's German translation of ML.
7. Personal assistance
Bibliography
Introduction
1. The place of elephant-lore in Indian literar
ture
2. Theoretical and practical elements in the
"science"
3. Modem elephant-lore: good and bad points
of elephants
4. Modem elephant-lore; "castes"
5. Modem elephant-lore: catching of ele
phants
6. Contents of the Mdtanga-Uld
7. The must of elephants
Translation op the Elephant-Sport
Chapter I: On the origin of elephants
Chapter II: On favorable marks
Chapter III: On unfavorable marks
Chapter IV: On marks of longevity
Chapter V: On marks of the stages of life
Chapter VI: *0n determination of measure
ments
Chapter VII: On details of price
Chapter VIII: On marks of character
Chapter IX: On kinds of must
Chapter X: On the catching of elephants
Chapter XI: On the keeping of elephants and
their daily and seasonal regimen
Chapter XII: On the qualities of elephant
drivers,
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