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ard harmful to the foetus, because, some of them produce excess of wind, some produce excess of blle, and some of them produce an excess of phlegm.]
It is said in a medical work named Vagabhatta:वातलैश्च भवेद् गभेः कृब्जाऽन्धजडवामनः । पित्तलैः खलतिः पिङ्गः, श्वित्री पाण्डुः कफात्मभिः ॥ १ ॥ अतिळवणं नेत्रहरं, अतिशीतं मारुतं प्रकोपयति । अत्युष्णं हरति बलं, अतिकामं जीवितं हरति ॥ २ ॥
1. Vätalaisca bhavéd garbhaḥ kubja'-ndha-jada-vāmanaḥ; Pittalai khalatiḥ pingaḥ ṣvitrī pāṇḍu kafātmabhiḥ, 1. 2. Atilavanam nétrabaram, atiśitam mārutam prakopayati; Atyuspam barati balam, atikāmam jlvitam harati. 2.
1. By the partaking of food and drink-materials capable ag producing wind, the foetus (of a pregnant woman) becomes deformed, blind, stupid, and dwarfish: by partaking of materials producing excess of bile, the foetus becomes bald-headed or yellow coloured; and by partaking of food and drink-materials producing phlegm, the foetus becomes affected with white leprosy or with pernicious anoemia. 1.
2. The partaking of very salty food and drink-materials becomes injurious to the eyes of the foetus; the partaking of very cold food and drink-materials produces wind; the partaking of very warm food and drink-materials produces debility; and excessive indulgence in sexual pleasures produces death.
Besides, indulgence in sexual pleasures, travelling in boat or in a palanquin, riding a horse or a camel, taking long walks, faltering while walking, falling down, being pressed, massaging the abdomen, colicky pains, running fast, striking against any thing, lying down on un-even ground, sitting on un-even ground, sitting in a very narrow place, or
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