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The properties Vatyu (ethcriii) are touch, the skin, all functional activities of the organism, throbbing of the whole body (Spandana) and lightness. The properties of Teji (fire or heat) are form, the eyes, colours, heat, illumination, digestion, anger, generation of instantaneous energy and valour. The properties of Apa (water or liquid) arc taste, the tongue, fluidity, heaviness, coldness, olioginousncss and semen. The properties or modifications of Pritllivi (the earth matter or solid) are smell, the nose, embodiment and heaviness, 20.

Of these the ether or Akasa abounds in attributes of the Sattvika stamp, the Vayu or etherin in Rajashika, the Teja in Sattvika and Rajashika, the water in Sattvika and Tamashika and the earth in Tamasha attributes. 21.

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qualities are found tu characterise and enter into the successive elements in the order of their enumeration. The specific attributes of these elements are manifest in the substances v\^hich are respectively originated from them. The term Prakrit! or original nature connotes the eight categories (of Avyakta, Mahan, Ahamkara, and the five Tanmatras) and the rest of the twenty four fundamental principles are its modifications. The Purusha forms the twenty fifth principle. These twenty five fundamental principles of cosmogony have been dealt with in the present treatise ^Salya-Tantram) as well as in the other treatise (Salaky-Tantram and Sdnkhya Philosophy). 22 — 23.

Thus ends the first Chapter of the S'arira Sihanan in the Sus'ruta Samhiia which deals with the science of Being in general.

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CHAPTER 11.

Now \vc shall discourse on the Sariiam \\liic!ii treats of the purification of semen and cataminal fluid etc. (^ukra-^onita-^uddhirnama ^ariram). i.

A man is incapable ol begetting children, whose seminal fluid, affected by the aggravated Vdyu, Pittam or Kapham, emits a cadaverous smell, or has acquired a clotted or shreddy character or which looks like putrid pus, or has become thin, or smells like urine or stool, 2.

Deranged Semen : — Semen vitiated by the deranged Vayu acquires a (reddish-black) colour and gives rise to a pain (piercing and cutting etc.) which characterises the Vayu (at the time of being emitted). Similarly semen deranged by the Pittam gets a (yellowish or bluish etc.) colour and produces the specific pain (burning and sucking etc.) of the deranged Pittam (at the time of emission). Semen vitiated by the action of the deranged Kapham has a (white) colour and produces the pain (itching sensation etc.) peculiar to the deranged Kapham (at the time of its outflow). The semen vitiated by blood is tinged with a bloody hue, produces all kinds of pain peculiar to the deranged Sonita (Pittam). The semen smells like a putrid corpse and is emitted in large quantities. The shreddy or clotted character of the fluid (Grautliila) should be ascribed to the action of the deranged Vayu and Kapham. If vitiated by the action of the deranged Pittam and Kapham it looks like putrid pus (Putipuya). Thin semen is caused by the deranged Vayu and

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Pittam as described before. A concerted action of the deranged Vayu, Pittam, and Kapham causes the semen to smell like urine or fecal matter. Of these, the cadaverously smelling, shreddy and clotted, putrid puslike and thinned semen can be remedied and corrected only with the greatest difficulty ; while the one, having the smell of stool or urine, should be regarded as beyond cure. The remaining kinds are curable. 3,

Deranged Artavam :— The catamenial fluid ( Artavam) of a woman vitiated by the deranged V^yu, Pittam, Kapham, or blood, either severally or in combination of two or more Doshas should be likewise considered as unfit for the purpose of fecundation. Vitiated catamenial fluid exhibits the characteristic colour and pain of the deranged Doshas or blood (underlying at its roots). Of the several kinds (of vitiated catamenial fluids) those which smell like a putrid corpse or fetid pus, or which is clotted, or is thin, or emits the smell of urine or fecal matter, should be deemed as being beyond remedy, the rest being amenable. 4.

lYIemorable Verses :— The first three types of seminal derangements or defects should be corrected by an intelligent physican with an application of medicated oil etc. iSneha-karma), diaphoric measures etc* or uretheral injections ^Uttara-vasti\ A medicated Ghrita prepared with a (decoction and Kalka of) DJiataki flowers, Khadira, Dddima and Arjiina barks should be given to drink to a man whose semen em:ts a cadaverous smell (Kunapa\ As an alternative, a medicated Ghrita prepared with (a decoction and levigated paste or Kalka of) the drugs forming the S'dlasdrddi group should be given to him. In a case of

* The word " A:U" in ihe text includes emelicSj purgatives, Anuvasanam and Asthapanam measures according to their specific Doshas.

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