A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c36.49

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1 The girl should, for example, come from a family free from hereditary (saṃcārin) diseases (Indu refers to kuṣṭha and paiṅgalya). Compare the requirements set forth in works on dharmaśāstra, for example Manusmṛti 3.4–11 (Kullūka mentions saṃcārin or saṃkrāmin diseases in his comments ad 3.7; he specifies that pravāhikā, though saṃkrāmin, forms an exception to the rule), Viṣṇusmṛti 24.9–16. See J.J. Meyer (1952): 57–58, 278, 434–435. Cf. Bhela Śā.3.1. 2 Cf. A.h.Śā.1.8–9a. Suśruta (Śā.10.53) gives the same age limits; the Hṛdaya (Śā.1.8) mentions an age of twenty years for the male. Bhela (Śā.2.3) says that the semen is fully developed from the sixteenth year onwards. 3 Cf. A.h.Śā.1.9b–d. 4 Cf. Bhela Śā.5.5; Ca.Śā.8.5; Su.Śā.2.25. See V.M. Apte (1954): 33–34. 5 Cf. Ca.Ci.30.145cd–146ab; Su.Śā.2.11cd–12ab; A.h.Śā.1.17. 6 Cf. Bhela Śā.5.7; Su.Śā.2.18 and 21ab; A.h.U.33.43cd (raktayoni). 7 Cf. Su.Śā.2.21cd–23. 8 Indu: in the mahāsrotas. 9 Cf. Bhela Śā.3.7. 10 The same as bhūta in this context. 11 Cf. Ca.Śā.2.8–10. 12 Cf. A.h.Śā.1.17d–18ab. 13 Cf. A.h.Śā.1.7 (the reproductive range in females). 14 Cf. A.h.Śā.1.18cd–20ab. 15 Retas is a synonym of śukra. 16 Cf. A.h.Śā.1.10a–c. 17 Not described in the Hṛdaya (see Śā.1.10d). Cf. Ca.Ci.30.140cd–142; Su.Śā.2.4. 18 Cf. A.h.Śā.1.11. 19 Cf. A.h.Śā.1.10a–c. 20 Cf. A.h.Śā.1.12ab. The Saṃgraha agrees with Su.Śā.2.4. 21 The Hṛdaya does not describe these treatments (see A.h.Śā.1.12cd), but Aruṇadatta quotes them from the Saṃgraha. Cf. Ca.Ci.30.146cd–153ab; Su.Śā.2.6. 22 The Hṛdaya does not describe these treatments (see A.h.Śā.1.12cd); Aruṇadatta quotes part of A.s.Śā.1.16. Cf. Su.Śā.2.12cd–13ab. 23 Cf. A.h.Śā.1.12d–16. 24 The Hṛdaya (Śā.1.26cd) mentions the first twelve days of the cycle; it adds that intercourse is prohibited on the first three days and the eleventh. See on the eleventh day: A.s.Śā.1.26. 25 Cf. A.h.Śā.1.23cd–25ab. 26 Cf. A.h.Śā.1.25cd–26ab. 27 The Hṛdaya (Śā.1.26cd) does not mention the additional four days and forbids intercourse during the first three days of the cycle only (and the eleventh). Cf. Ca.Śā.8.5; Su.Śā.2.25–28. Compare Manusmṛti 3.45–47; Viṣṇusmṛti 69.1; Yājñavalkyasmṛti 1.79. 28 Cf. A.h.Śā.1.27ab.