[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) › 4.3.8\_2 # The Compendium of Caraka 4.3.8\_2 Carakasaṃhitā 4.3.8\_2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.3.8\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.4.3.8_2) sa garbhāśayamanupraviśya śukraśoṇitābhyāṃ saṃyogametya garbhatvena janayatyātmanā++ātmānam, ātmasaṃjñā hi garbhe/ > Having entered the uterus and attained conjunction with semen and menstrual blood, it generates itself by itself in the form of an embryo; for the designation 'self' belongs to the embryo. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.3.8\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.4.3.8_1) - [Next: 4.3.8\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.4.3.8_3) - [Up: 4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.4.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.4.3.8_2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.4.3.8_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.4.3.8_2) · Pramāṇa