Equine hindu mythology and arabian horses. This richly illustrated manuscript concerns the categorisation and ranking of horses from both the natural and mystical worlds. The categorisations include identifying horses of uniform colouring (ekavarma) and those of mixed colouring or spotted appearance (bahuvarma) and are ranked from superior (uttama) to inferior (neecha). Some of the superior horses are named 'airaki' which no doubt is a variation on 'Iraqi' and thus referencing Arabian horses. The manuscript also describes the colours of horses as well listing ailments that can befall them along with the relevant remedies to help them with the assistance of labelled anatomical diagrams.

The opening illustration shows Indra (the King of Gods) making a request to Shalihotra, with a depiction of the elephant Airavata (the God's personal vehicle) and the divine horse with clipped wings appearing in the half of the image.

Single volume, decorated manuscript on Indian laid paper, containing 26 illustrated leaves depicting categories and ranking of horses from the natural and mystic worlds, as well as anatomical diagrams, 76 leaves plus an additional 30 blank leaves at the end of the volume (together 106 leaves, bound into one single gathering), plus a free endpaper at the front and back, 155 x 220 mm; text in single column, most equine illustrations depicting two horses per page, text mostly with 11 lines black devanagari script with highlighted sections in red, copied into three sections by three distinct hands, between double red vertical rules and black marginal numbers, first 16ff. illustrated with horses, executed in a high quality; in bound with red cloth covered boards, in a brown presentation box