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Ca.Sū.19.3 and 4 (retodoṣa) and Ci.30.139cd–145ab (śukradoṣa). 10 See Su.Sū.15.9 (śukrakṣaya). 11 Ārtava (and śoṇita, used as one of its synonyms) denote both the female procreational fluid and the menstrual discharge derived from it. 12 The types of yonivyāpad described at Ca.Ci.30.9–15 may be related to Suśruta’s ārtavadoṣas. 13 Cf. Ca.Ci.30.146cd–153ab. 14 Cf. Ca.Ci.30.145cd–146ab. Suśruta refers to a divergent opinion, held by some, that semen resembles oil and honey; this opinion is accepted in the Aṣṭāngasaṃgraha (Śā.1.4). 15 Cf. Ca.Sū.30.225–226. 16 Compare Caraka’s pradara = asṛgdara (Ci.30.204cd–224). 17 Cf. Ca.Ci.30.227–228. 18 See Su.Sū.15.12. 19 Cf. Ca.Śā.4.8–9. 20 Cf. Ca.Śā.8.5. 21 Cf. Ca.Śā.8.19. 22 Cf. Ca.Śā.8.15. 23 Cf. Ca.Śā.8.9. 24 A bīja results from the merging of ārtava and semen. 25 Cf. Ca.Śā.2.12–14. 26 This is Gayadāsa’s interpretation of dharmetarapurāṇsara. Dalhaṇa regards the birth of twins as dependent on the relative amounts of dharma and adharma. 27 See G.J. Meulenbeld (1997): 216–217. 28 Cf. Ca.Śā.2.17–21. 29 This may mean that women possess two procreational fluids: ārtava and śukra. 30 Dalhaṇa remarks that Jejjata did not accept these verses. 31 See on the membranes of the foetus and their names: S.W. Jamison (1991): 194–197, 199; A. Wezler (1997). 32 Compare Ca.Sū.11.30. 33 Cf. Ca.Śā.3 and 4. 34 See on this chapter: J.A. Vullers (1846). 35 Cf. Ca.Śā.4.6. 36 Many synonyms are enumerated. 37 See Dalhaṇa’s explanations. Cf. Ca.Śā.4.5–8. 38 Cf.