A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c11.19

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A number of abnormalities of the offspring are accounted for. A child called dviretas46 is born when the male and female contributions to the bīja47 are equal48 or when there is damage to the bīja.49 A pavanendriya is conceived when vāyu harms the seat of śukra of the embryo,50 a saṃskāravāha when anila (= vāta) injures the opening (dvāra) of the receptacle of sperm.51 The two (male and female) types of klība52 are born from parents whose procreatory fluids (bīja) are sluggish or deficient, who are weak or do not experience sexual pleasure (harṣa). A vakrin53 is the result of pratigha54 of the female during intercourse and weakness of the male. An īrṣyārati55 is born from spiteful partners who do not enjoy the act fully.56 A vātasaṇḍaka’s testicles are seriously damaged by an abnormal condition (doṣa) of vāyu and agni (2.17–21).57