Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna
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One that always covets the possessions of others brings forth a child that becomes an oppressor of others or is a afflicted at the sight of other people’s prosperity, or is hen-peckcd,
One that is endued with thieving habits brings forth a child that becomes averse from every kind of exertion, or excessively malicious, disposed to injure others, or addicted to evils deeds.
One that is wrathful brings forth a child that becomes exceed¬ ingly irascible, or disposed to hypocracy, or malicious.
That woman that constantly sleeps brings forth a child that i3 disposed to sleep, foolish, and endued with a weak digestive fire.
The woman that constantly drinks spiritous liquors brings forth a child that becOrhes always thirsty and that has a mind destitute of firmness.
The woman that is fohd of the flesh of the igtiana brings
* ‘ Abhighata ’ implies knacks and blows (on the womb). So also ‘ prapidana ’ — pressure — has reference to the womb. The sight of deep pits and wells, as also of high precipices when one stands on thetii, produces a dizziness of the head that is sure to affect the foetus in the womb.
Disagreeable Sounds imply sudden and loud sounds as well, The suddeh toar of artillery has been known to produce miscarriage.
In Sanskrit literature (Mahabharata in particular), passages frequently Occur in which the loudness of d sound is described as capable of producing tniscarriaget
There is d fail stop after ‘vl1 and before * pldtata 1 iri dll the cOfiect texts. -Ty ,
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fortli a child that gets the disease called Me/ia of any of these descriptions, viz., with sugar, or with calculus, or dripping urine.* 'i’he woman who is fond of pork brings forth a child that is of bloody eyes,' or that becomes subject to asthma, or that has hairs exceedingly hard.
The woman. who is addicted to fish brings forth a child whose eyes, wink slowly,' or seem to be stupefied.
The woman who is addicted to sweets brings forth a child that becomes subject to Prdmeha, or dumbness, or obesity of form.
The woman ,vho is addicted to sour food and drink brings forth a child that becomes subject to bilious hemorrhage, ot diseases of the skin and the eye. .
The woman who is addicted to sal ive food and drink brings forth a child that becomes soon subject to wrinkles, whiteness of hair,, or baldness. , , . , . ,
The woman who is addicted to pungent food and drink brings forth a. child that becomes weak, or endued with scanty semen, or incapable of begetting offspring. .
Th.e vvoman who is addicted to bitter food and drink brings fdrth a chiid that becomes subject to consumption, or weakness, or leanness.1 .......
The. \toman who is. addicted to astringent food and drink brings forth a child that becomes of a smoky colour of subject to epistasy, or suppression of urine and stools. *l
If the woman that has conceived indulges largely,’ during the period of conception, in those articles (of food and drink) which bdve . beeri la,id down as the inducing causes of particular diseases, she brings forth children that become subject to those very diseases. **
The faults of the father’s semen are explained by , the (above) explanation about the mother’s improper indulgences.-^ f What is said here is this : having explained those indulgences of the other which lead to diverse diseases and defects of the offspring, it is not necessary to explain the indulgences that vitiate the father’s semen.
* Meha or Pr'ameha is of twenty kinds.' It includes all diseases of the urinary organs. . To render it as Diabetes would be inaccurate, for it includes many ailments unconnected with diabetes. — T.
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Even thus has the topic bean explained of the incidents that are injurious to or destructive of the foetus conceived. 48 ty j Hence, the woman who desires the \yelfare of her offspring should take particular care to avoid such food and sports, a^ ate baneful. She should serve herself with food and sports . that , are beneficial, observing all sorts of healthy, pious and auspicious practices*
If the woman becomes subject to any disease during the period of gestation, she Should be_ treated with med.icines that are mild, sweet, cooling, agreeable, and iucaple of producing any kind of pain. . ... , M ..
Emetics and purgatives and errhines should not be adminis¬ tered to her.
She should not be subjected to the process of blood letting.
Except in diseases which have become very dangerpus, she shahid never haver en.emata of either of the dry or of the oily variety administered to her.
If, when the eighth month of gestation has come, she should be subject febany dangerous disease which is incapable of being Cured except by emetics and the rest, she should have emetics and the rest of the mildest description,, or, such medicines whose action reseipbles that of these, administered to her.-)*1*
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