[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) › [The Compendium of Bheḷa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela) › 4.5.5 # The Compendium of Bheḷa 4.5.5 Bheḷasaṃhitā 4.5.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.5.5) tryahantu\[-ha\] khalu purāṇarudhiraṃ parivarjayet | kiñ ca tatpurāṇam? yadāditastryahaṃ parisravadṛtukāle tatpurāṇam | tasmin tryahe garbha-upakramaṇe\[upakrameṇa\] na tiṣṭhati | avasthito\[avasthi vā\] vā nāyuṣi samartho bhavati | nirgate\[nirgave\] tu tryaheṇa purāṇe rudhirecāvasthite\[ṇa\] śuddhasnātāyāścaturthaṣaṣṭha-aṣṭama\[aṣṭa\]-daśama-dvādaśeṣu\[dvādaśamu\] ahassu garbhovakramamāṇaḥ pumān bhavati | pañcamasaptama-navamaikādaśeṣu\[-navaikādaśu\] strītvāyopakalpate |sa eṣa āsaptarātrātsarvasañcāro ' bhidadhatyataḥ paramasañcārovakṛtatvād vālpāt? || > One should indeed avoid the old blood for three days. And what is that old \[blood\]? That which flows from the beginning for three days at the fertile period, that is old. During those three days, when conception is attempted, the fetus does not stay; or if it stays, it is not capable of long life. But when the old blood has exited after three days and has ceased, for a woman who has bathed clean, the fetus entering on the fourth, sixth, eighth, tenth, and twelfth days becomes male. On the fifth, seventh, ninth, and eleventh \[days\], it develops toward femaleness. This intercourse of all \[sorts\] is said \[to be suitable\] up to seven nights; beyond this, intercourse \[is forbidden\] due to impairment or deficiency. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.5.4) - [Next: 4.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.5.6) - [Up: 4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela~en-mt.4.5.5) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.5.5) · Pramāṇa