[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 Caraka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka) › 4.2.17 # The Compendium of Caraka 4.2.17 Carakasaṃhitā 4.2.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.4.2.17) kasmāddviretāḥ pavanendriyo vā saṃskāravāhī naranāriṣaṇḍau/ vakrī tatherṣyābhiratiḥ kathaṃ vā saṃjāyate vātikaṣaṇḍako vā// > Why is an individual born with both seeds, or with wind-dominated sense, or semen-transporting, or as a male eunuch, or a female eunuch, / or deformed, or taking pleasure through jealousy, or as a wind-type eunuch? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.4.2.16) - [Next: 4.2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.4.2.18) - [Up: 4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.4.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.4.2.17) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.4.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.4.2.17) · Pramāṇa