Indian Medicine (Medicin), translated by C. G. Kashikar c11.5.4

c11.5.4

This condition is called dvaihṛdayya ('twoheartedness') or dohada² in relation to the two hearts of the mother and the foetus which stand connected with each other through the canal mediating the feeding of the foetus, whereby similar movements and desires occur in both the hearts. Therefore, one should not refuse to the woman the fulfilment of her desires, otherwise the deranged vāta will pervade the body and thereby the foetus would come out either in an expired condition or as a child which is humpbacked, lame, dwarflike, weakminded, or otherwise abnormal. On the other hand, by satisfaction of her desires she will beget a strong and long-living son (Car 4.4.16-19; Su 3.3.18; AS 2.2.202 f.; AHr 2.1.52-54).