[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) › 4.2.8 # The Compendium of Caraka 4.2.8 Carakasaṃhitā 4.2.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.4.2.8) \[&'vibaddhaṃ'iti pā+\]asṛṅniruddhaṃ pavanena nāryā garbhaṃ vyavasyantyabudhāḥ kadācit/ garbhasya rūpaṃ hi karoti tasyāstadasṛgasrāvi vivardhamānam// > When a woman's menstrual blood is obstructed by wind, the unwise sometimes judge it to be an embryo; / for that blood, discharging nothing and growing, creates the appearance of an embryo in her. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.4.2.7) - [Next: 4.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.4.2.9) - [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.4.2.8) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.4.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.4.2.8) · Pramāṇa