A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c57.440

v4.c57.440

390 A kākavandhyā is a woman who becomes infertile after giving birth to one child (see, e.g., Basavarājīya 238; Bower MS III.47; Harṣakīrti’s Yogacintāmaṇi 327; Kalyāṇa’s Bālatantra 1.5 and 3.29); an anapatyā is a completely infertile woman, a garbhasrāvī one liable to abortions, and a mṛtavatsā one who gives birth to dead children.