The Compendium of Caraka 4.8.52_1
Carakasaṃhitā 4.8.52_1
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4.8.52_1
atha brūyāt---dhātrīmānaya samānavarṇāṃ yauvanasthāṃ nibhṛtāmanāturāmavyaṅgāmavyasanāmavirūpām-ajugupsitāṃ deśajātīyāmakṣudrāmakṣudrakarmiṇīṃ kule jātāṃ vatsalāmarogāṃ jīvadvatsāṃ puṃvatsāṃ dogdhrīmapramattāmanuccāraśāyinīmanantyāvasāyinīṃ kuśalopacārāṃśucimaśucidveṣiṇīṃ stanastanyasaṃpadupetāmiti//
Then one should say: "Bring a wet-nurse of the same caste, in her youth, modest, free from disease, without physical defect, free from vice, not deformed, not despised, of the same region and class, not mean, not engaged in low occupations, born of a good family, affectionate, healthy, whose child is alive, having a male child, having abundant milk, vigilant, not sleeping in feces, not of the lowest caste, skilled in service, pure, averse to impurity, and endowed with excellence of breasts and breast milk."
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