A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c30.138

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58 The child may be female, male, or neither male nor female (the tṛtīyā prakṛtiḥ or napumsaka). Cf. Su.Śā.3.34. See on napumsaka: M. Angot (1993–94); R.P. Goldman (1993); 395; R.F.G. Müller (1963d). A male child was thought to reside in the right side of the womb, a female child in the left side; this opinion was also common among Greek physicians (see H. Oertel, 1905: 188–190). See on the symbolic meanings of left and right and their connection with anything female, respectively male: V. Das (1977): 95–104; J. Gonda (1972), (1975): II, 225; J. von Negelein (1928); H. von Stietencron (1972): 113–127.