Indian Medicine (Medicin), translated by C. G. Kashikar c11.12

c11.12

Brahmans knowing Atharvaveda should be present there (Car 4.8.33). The fire corresponds to the sūtikāgni of the Grhyasūtras which particularly serves for the removal of evil spirits¹. The pregnant woman should be brought in this room in the ninth month or even before the beginning of the same on an auspicious day with gifts to the Brahmans and to the cows and with other ceremonies. There she should wait for her delivery and should take suitable diet. At the smallest retention of urine or constipation she should use suppository ( Car 4.8.33; AS 1. c. ).