[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) › 4.2.28 # The Compendium of Caraka 4.2.28 Carakasaṃhitā 4.2.28 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.4.2.28) kasmāt prajāṃ strī vikṛtāṃ prasūte hīnādhikāṅgīṃ vikalendriyāṃ vā/ dehāt kathaṃ dehamupaiti cānyamātmā sadā kairanubadhyate ca // > Why does a woman give birth to a deformed offspring, having deficient or excess limbs, or with defective sense organs? > And how does the self pass from one body to another body, and by what is it always accompanied? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.4.2.27) - [Next: 4.2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.4.2.29) - [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.4.2.28) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.4.2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.4.2.28) · Pramāṇa