Susruta Samhita - Mandhata Global

T?2 THE SUSHRUTA SAMHITA [Chap. II.
Semen is developed in the four types of Kliva
known as Asekya, Sougandhika, Kumbhika and Irshaka,
whereas a Shanda is devoid of that fluid (Sukra).
The semen carrying ducts of an Asekya etc. are ex-
panded by the drinking of the semen as above described
which helps the erection of his reproductive organ. 44-45
The conduct and character of a child and its incli-
nation to particular dietary are determined by those of
its parents during the act of fecundation. A boneless
(/. e. with cartilaginous bones) monstrosity is the
outcome of the sexual act in which both the parties are
female and their Sukra (sexual secretion) unite some
how or other in the womb of one of them. Fecundation
may take place in the womb of a woman, dreaming of
sexual intercourse in the night of her menstrual ablution.
The local Vayu carries the dislodged ovum into the uterus
and exhibits symptoms of pregnancy, which develop
month after month till the full period of gestation. The
offspring of such a conception is a Kalala (a thin bone-
less jelly-like mass) on account of the absence of the
paternal elements* in its development. Such monstro-
sities as serpents, scorpions, or gourd shaped fcetus
delivered from the womb of a woman should be ascribed
as the effects of deadly sins. 46-49.
The child of a mother whose wishes are not honoured
and gratified during pregnancy stands in danger of being
born palmless, hunchbacked, lame, dumb or nasal
voiced through the deranged condition of the Vayu of
its mother's body. The malformation of a child in the
womb; should be ascribed to the atheism of its parents,
or to the effects of their misdeeds in a prior existence, or
* Hair, beard, nails, leeth, arteries, veins, ligaments and semen are
called paternal elements inasmuch as these are said to be inherited by
the child irom its father