Sutra 8
वत्सा वत्सतरा दम्या वहिनो वृषा उक्षाणश्च पुंगवाः युगवाहनशकटवहा वृषभाः सूनामहिषाः पृष्टस्कन्धवाहिनश्च महिषाः वत्सिका वत्सतरी पष्टहुही गर्भिणी धेनुश्चाप्रजाता वन्ध्याश्च गावो महिष्यश्च मासद्विमासजातास्तासामुपजा वत्सा वत्सिकाश्च ॥ कZ_०२.२९.०८ ॥
vatsā vatsatarā damyā vahino vṛṣā ukṣāṇaś ca puṃgavāḥ yugavāhanaśakaṭavahā vṛṣabhāḥ sūnāmahiṣāḥ pṛṣṭaskandhavāhinaś ca mahiṣāḥ vatsikā vatsatarī paṣṭhuhī garbhiṇī dhenuś cāaprajātā vandhyāś ca gāvo mahiṣyaś ca māsadvimāsajātās tāsām upajā vatsā vatsikāś ca
Calves; heifers; trainable young stock; draft/pack animals; bulls; oxen; breeding bulls; yoke- and cart-pulling bulls; buffalo bulls; and buffaloes that carry loads on the back/shoulder—also: female calves, heifers, (paṣṭhuhī class), pregnant cows, milch-cows, cows not yet calved, and barren cows; likewise buffalo-cows; and those born one or two months ago—of these, the offspring are calves and female calves.
FAQs
Because taxation, assignment to labor, breeding policy, and accountability depend on precise category-wise records rather than a single ‘cattle’ bucket.