[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med) › [Early and ascribed compendia](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita) › [Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt) › 2.3 # Ashtangasamgraha 2.3 English (machine translation) 2.3 - **Language:** English ### [2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.2.3) chaste, having overcome the pairs of opposites, resolute, of good conduct, steadfast, / having resided \[with the teacher\] for six months, capable, possessed of modesty, purity, and noble lineage. From that very fact, from an abundance of semen a male \[is born\]; from an abundance of menstrual fluid, a female; from their equality, a hermaphrodite. When semen and menstrual fluid are divided into pieces by vāta, offspring are produced according to the divisions; and when deranged, beings of distorted forms and non-human wombs \[are born\]. By emesis, sudation, water at the proper time, astringent decoctions, and light meals; - [Previous: 2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.2.2) - [Next: 2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.2.4) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.2) ## Commentaries (1) - [Śaśilekhā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha!indu.2.3) — Indu, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.3) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.2.3) · Pramāṇa