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Mare's milk (verse aśvā) is one of the eight kinds of milk, all said to be wholesome for all beings.

The text says a newborn lives first on its mother's milk alone, then on mother's milk together with food, before taking food alone.

The section on milk begins. Milk is of eight kinds—of the she-camel, buffalo, cow, ewe, goat, doe, mare and woman; because these animals eat many trees, grasses and well-known herbs whose…

The milk of the goat, sheep, cow, buffalo, mare, she-elephant, she-donkey and she-camel.