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# The Compendium of Caraka 4.2.3

Carakasaṃhitā 4.2.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.4.2.3)

atulyagotrasya rajaḥkṣayānte rahovisṛṣṭaṃ mithunīkṛtasya/ kiṃ syāccatuṣpātprabhavaṃ ca ṣaḍbhyo yat strīṣu garbhatvamupaiti puṃsaḥ//

> When a man of a different clan unites in secret at the end of the menstrual period, / what is that four-footed thing, originating from the six, which becomes an embryo in women?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.4.2.3) — English, machine translation

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