A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c11.34

v1.c11.34

Conception is described (4.7) and the processes in its wake. First of all, the cetanādhātu (principle on which potential consciousness is based),85 accompanied by the sattva as its instrument, becomes active in appropriating the qualities (guṇa),86 beginning with (those of) ākāśa, gradually followed by (those of) the other four mahābhūtas; this process requires very little time (4.8).87