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Jātaka Pārijāta
Chapter 5 · āyurdāyādhyāyaḥ · आयुर्दायाध्यायः · Verse 42
Sanskrit · DevanāgarīJātaka Pārijāta manuscript tradition
द्युत्रिंशदायुरश्चानां पश्चविंशत् खरोष्टूयोः ।
वृषमाहिषयोश्वैश्व चतुर्वशतिवत्सराः
IAST Transliteration
dyutriṃśadāyuraścānāṃ paścaviṃśat kharoṣṭūyoḥ | vṛṣamāhiṣayośvaiśva caturvaśativatsarāḥ
TranslationsTwo-source verified
English

The maximum age of a horse is 32 years; of an ass or a camel, 25; of a bull or buffalo, 24; of peacocks, 20; of a goat or sheep, 16; of a goose, 14; of a cuckoo or parrot, 12; of doves, 12 likewise; of a fowl, 8; and of the bulbul or eastern nightingale, the maximum age is 7 years.

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