Susruta Samhita - Mandhata Global

Chap. XXIV.] CHIKITSA STHANAM. 499
habits, not sufficiently endeared and endearing and
belonging to a higher social order* older than one's self,
affected with any disease, wanting in any limbs, inimi-
cally disposed to one's self, in her period of gestation,
suffering from any uterine disorder, belonging
to his ovvn blood ;Gotra), or leading the life of
an anchorite, or who is his preceptor's wife, should
not be gone unto by a man (seeking health and
longevity). A woman should not be gone unto in
the Sandhyds (morning and evening^ as well as on the
Parva daysf (prescribed in the S'^stras), early in the
morning, at mid-day, or in the dead of night. Going unto
a woman at an infamous, unwholesome, or exposed place
is similarly forbidden. Sexual intercourse by a man who
is hungry, or thirsty, or who may be suffering from any
disease, or may be angry, or in a cheerless spirit, is strict-
ly forbidden. A man should not go unto a woman by
repressing a natural urging for Vata (flatus^, stool or
urine, or if he is in a weak state of health, (as it would
be highly injurious to his health). Incest with lower
animals, unnatural sexual intercourse, obstruction of
semen in its passage, as well as sexual intercourse with
a woman having any vaginal disease are strictly for-
bidden even in respect of a strong person. 89-B.
It is highly injurious for a man to indulge excessive-
ly in sexual intercourse, or to enjoy it while standing,
or while lying on his back, or to shake his head at the
time ; these should not be indulged in by an intelligent
* The text has "Varna- Vriddha" which literally means superior
to the man in respect of Varna or the magnetic vibrations of the body,
which are determined by one's birth in a certain family. It means
several castes of the Hindus.— Ed.
t The Parva days are the 8th, the 14th and 15th days of either fort-
nights and the last days of the solar months. — Ed.