Sanskrit · DevanāgarīJātaka Pārijāta manuscript tradition
विंशत्यायुर्मयूराणां छागादीनां च षोडश ।
हंसस्य पञ्चनवकं द्वादशाब्दाः पिकाः शुकाः
IAST Transliteration
viṃśatyāyurmayūrāṇāṃ chāgādīnāṃ ca ṣoḍaśa |
haṃsasya pañcanavakaṃ dvādaśābdāḥ pikāḥ śukāḥ
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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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