[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Hindu Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948) › c8.231 # Hindu Medicine c8.231 Hindu Medicine c8.231 - **Language:** English ### [c8.231](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8.231) In the first month the germ grows into a drop like a resinous exudation (kalala); in the second month it becomes a solid mass, an association of the five elements, matured by cool and hot winds. If it is a lump (piṇḍa), it will be a boy; if it is a ball (peśī), it will be a girl; if it is a swelling (arbuda), it will be a hermaphrodite. In the third month the five protrusions of arms, legs and head emerge; and the articulation of the major and minor limbs begins to be visible. - [Previous: c8.230](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8.230) - [Next: c8.232](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8.232) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8.231](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8.231) · Pramāṇa