A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c25.604.4

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the types described are called dviretas (2.21),⁶⁸ vātendriya (2.22),⁶⁹ saṃskāravāhya (2.23),⁷⁰ āsekya (2.24),⁷¹ vakradhvaja (2.25),⁷² saugandhika (2.26),⁷³ īrṣyārati (2.27),⁷⁴ and vātaṣaṇḍaka (2.28);⁷⁵ disorders of the child in the womb will affect the same body parts as those affected in the mother (2.29);⁷⁶ the causes of sterility (vandhyātva) and a disorder leading to repeated stillbirth (pūtiprajātva) (2.30);⁷⁷ the origin of a pseudo-female called vārttā or strīvyāpad; these three disorders arise when the germ (bīja) of the mother or part of it, which is transmitted to the child, is corrupted (2.31);⁷⁸ when the father is affected in the same way, three corresponding disorders may manifest themselves, resulting in the birth of an infertile son (vandhya), one who will beget stillborn children, or one whose children will be pseudo-males (tṛṇamukhin) (2.32);⁷⁹ disorders of those parts which have their origin in sātmya, rasa and sattva have thus been explained;⁸⁰ a child will develop disorders of those body parts which were already affected (upatapti) in a rudimentary form in the bīja or part of it; the same disorders do not occur secondarily (by anutāpa) (2.33); an expectant mother, repeatedly indulging in things that provoke one or more of the doṣas, will get a child prone to disorders caused by that doṣa or those doṣas⁸¹ (2.34); affections of the child’s eyes associated with the influence of tejas (fire);