Horses and elephants
animal · 2 works · 2 mentions · 3 anchored passages
elephants · horses
spoken of as
1 expressionElephants and horses“war-mounts”1 mention
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa (Sanskrit)
He was accomplished in the mounting and training of elephants and horses;
in the texts
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
War animals whose training is listed among Rāma's accomplishments.
He was accomplished in the mounting and training of elephants and horses;
The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana
Animals used for riding and cited as an analogy for practice-based skill.
In the forenoon, men, having dressed themselves should go to gardens on horseback, accompanied by public women and followed by servants.
In a like manner riders of horses and elephants train these animals without knowing the science of training animals, but from practice only.