Sutra 13
अरत्नौ तणुलद्रोणः अर्धाढकं तैलस्य सर्पिषस्त्रयः प्रस्थाः दशपलं लवणस्य मांसं पञ्चाशत्पलिकम् रसस्याढकं द्विगुणं वा दध्नः पिण्डक्लेदनार्थं क्षारदशपलिकं मद्यस्याढकं द्विगुणं वा पयसः प्रतिपानं गात्रावसेकस्तैलप्रस्थः शिरसोऽष्टभागः प्रादीपिकश्च यवसस्य द्वौ भारौ सपादौ शष्पस्य शुष्कस्यार्धतृतीयो भारः कडङ्करस्यानियमः ॥ कZ_०२.३१.१३ ॥
aratnau taṇuladroṇaḥ ardhāḍhakaṃ tailasya sarpiṣastrayaḥ prasthāḥ daśapalaṃ lavaṇasya māṃsaṃ pañcāśatpalikam rasasyāḍhakaṃ dviguṇaṃ vā dadhnaḥ piṇḍakledanārthaṃ kṣāradaśapalikaṃ madyasyāḍhakaṃ dviguṇaṃ vā payasaḥ pratipānaṃ gātrāvasekastailaprasthaḥ śiraso'ṣṭabhāgaḥ prādīpikaśca yavasasya dvau bhārau sapādau śaṣpasya śuṣkasyārdhatṛtīyo bhāraḥ kaḍaṅkarasyāniyamaḥ
(For an elephant of the specified class/measure:) rice: one droṇa; oil: half an āḍhaka; ghee: three prastha; salt: ten pala; meat: fifty pala; soup/juice: one āḍhaka; or curd in double quantity. For softening feed-balls, alkali: ten pala. Liquor: one āḍhaka; or milk in double quantity. For bathing the body, oil: one prastha; for the head, one-eighth of that; and also a lamp (allowance). Fodder (yavasa): two and a quarter bhāra; dry grass (śaṣpa): two and a half bhāra. For kaḍaṅkara (a fodder/additive), there is no fixed rule (varies by need).
FAQs
It is a standardized entitlement table—inputs for feeding, conditioning, and care—enabling budgeting, auditing, and preventing pilferage.
To allow substitution within controlled equivalences when a supply item is unavailable, without losing nutritional/operational standards.