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Verse 7.5

समा षष्टिर्द्विघ्ना मनुज करिणां पज़्च च निशा हयानां द्वात्रिंशत्खर करभयोः पञ्चक कृतिः । विरूपा साप्यायुर्वृष महिषयोर्द्वादश शुनां स्मृतं छागादीनां दशक सहिताः षट्च परम

The lifespan of humans is sixty years doubled; of elephants, it is five nights multiplied by the years of horses; of donkeys and camels, it is thirty-two; of crows, it is five times that figure. The lifespan of oxen and buffaloes is…

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