The Compendium of Caraka 4.8.21_1

4.8.21_1

In a woman who constantly sleeps on her back, the cord attached to the navel encircles the embryo's neck; one who sleeps uncovered and roams at night gives birth to an insane child; one given to quarrel and strife, an epileptic; one given to sexual intercourse, a child who is deformed, shameless, or effeminate; one constantly grieving, a child who is timid, deficient, or short-lived; one who covets others' goods, a child who torments others, is envious, or effeminate; a thief, a child who is full of distress, extremely treacherous, or indolent; an intolerant woman, a child who is fierce, deceitful, or malicious; one constantly sleeping, a child who is drowsy, dull-witted, or of weak digestive fire; one constantly drinking alcohol, a child who is thirsty, of poor memory, or unsteady mind; one who mostly consumes monitor lizard meat, a child with urinary gravel, calculus, or slow urination; one who mostly consumes pork, a child with red eyes, stertorous breathing, or exceedingly coarse hair; one who constantly consumes fish, a child who blinks slowly or has fixed eyes; one who constantly consumes sweet things, a child with prameha, mute, or exceedingly obese; one who constantly consumes sour things, a child with internal hemorrhage or skin and eye diseases; one who constantly consumes salty things, a child with early wrinkles, gray hair, or baldness; one who constantly consumes pungent things, a child who is weak, with deficient semen, or childless; one who constantly consumes bitter things, a child who is emaciated, weak, or undeveloped; one who constantly consumes astringent things, a child who is dusky, has abdominal distension, or has upward movement of wind; and whatever etiology has been stated for each respective disease, a pregnant woman who constantly engages in that gives birth to an offspring full of disorders caused by that.