When the testicles get destroyed by aggravation of vayu and agni, vatika shandaka is formed. These eight types of genetic sexual disorders described above (dwireta, pawanendriya, etc)could be the consequences of past deeds.
What are the earliest signs of conception? What signs and symptoms indicate a female, male or hermaphrodite foetus developing in the womb? What is the reason for the resemblance of the child to a particular person?
Salivation, heaviness, malaise, drowsiness, horripilation, distress in cardiac region, contentment, absence of discharge of Shukra from Yoni —these are the earliest signs of conception.
सव्याङ्गचेष्टा पुरुषार्थिनी स्त्री स्त्रीस्वप्नपानाशनशीलचेष्टा| सव्यात्तगर्भा न च वृत्तगर्भा सव्यप्रदुग्धा स्त्रियमेव सूते ||२४||
Activities mostly to the left side of the mother, desire for man, feminine dreams, as well as feminine drinks, foods, conducts and activities, foetus stationed in the left side of the womb, gravid uterus that is not round in shape, profuse lactation in the left breast—these indicate the female foetus.
Signs- symptoms contrary to the above indicate the male foetus, while a mixture of symptoms of male and female fetus indicate those of a hermaphrodite. A child resembles that person/animal to whom the mother’s mind is attracted during conception.