Indian Medicine (Medicin), translated by C. G. Kashikar c11.8.4

c11.8.4

or the hands and feet, because the movements of the foetus start from them; or the middle of the body, because the generation of all limbs depends on it. These different views are, however, not approved by Suśruta, because all limbs exist in germ in the beginning, and are not visible in the undeveloped foetus on account of their small size. The development is compared to the fibres, flesh, kernel and marrow of a mango which become visible only in the ripe fruit, or to a bamboo tree that develops from a bamboo shoot. Cf. Car 4.6.21.