A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c34.228

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The tissues that appear in the course of development of the fœtus are further transformations (higher compounds) of these fœtal substances. All the component substances of the body are penta-Bhautic compounds, though sometimes they are assigned to the particular Bhútas which predominate in their composition, *e.g.* bile to Tejas, lymph, chyle, blood, fat, urine, sweat and other secretions to Ap, and skin, flesh, bones, nails, hair, etc. to Earth. (शुक्रं वाय्वग्निभूम्यम्बुगुणापादवत् ।—गर्भस्य चत्वारि चतुर्विधानि भूतानि मातापितृसम्भवानि आहार- जानि आत्मकृतानि चैव et seq. Charaka, S'árírasthána, Chap. II. vide also Charaka, S'árírasthána, Chap. VII. cf. Gangádhara's Jalpakalpataru. पित्तं तृतीयं भूतं शरीरारम्भकतेजःप्रधानपञ्चभूतविकारात्मकं तेजःस्वरूपं अग्नि-संज्ञम् । कफस्ततुर्थं भूतमापः शरीरारम्भकसोमप्रधानपञ्चभूत-विकारविशेषः । शरीरं तु पञ्चमहाभूतविकारसमुदायात्मकम् । Cf. Charaka, S'árírasthána, Chap. IV. मातृजाद्योऽपि अस्य महाभूतविकाराः ।)